Bluke 11 cards are dealt on the third hand, and so on until only 1 card is dealt, after which 2 are dealt, then 3, and so on all the way back to 13 (see more about ending the game below). Thus for a standard game of Bluke, a total of 25 hands are dealt. One player needs to be designated as score-keeper and will record bids, tally scores and keep track of how many cards are to be dealt for each hand. Once a hand has been dealt, the remaining cards (2 or more) are passed face down to the
Wyatt Earp (card game) cards representing the outlaws, "or" who play cards which build on the melds of others. Cards almost always have reward amounts associated with them; playing a card adds to the reward for the outlaw associated with the play. As in rummy or gin rummy, a meld is three or more matching cards. In "Wyatt Earp", card matches are not determined by suits; instead, cards are matched based on a color marking associated with each of the seven outlaws. A round starts with each player being dealt ten cards, with one of the remaining cards used to establish the discard pile