Pits (card game) Pits (card game) Pits is a five player card game, a cross between whist and rummy, with the objective of playing all your cards first. It is played with a 54 card pack (4 suits and 2 jokers). Threes are low, Aces high, Twos even higher and Jokers highest. Once all the cards are dealt (the dealer getting 10, the others 11), the dealer plays a meld; one of a singleton, "n" of a kind, a run of 3 or more singletons or a run of three or more "n" of a kinds. For example a run of 4 pairs
Sheepshead (card game) cards have been played. Players are not allowed to look at their own face-down cards. 1) Each player is dealt ten cards, with two going to the blind. The picker faces the other two players. 2) The sevens of clubs and spades are removed, leaving thirty cards. Nine cards are then dealt to each player, with three going to the blind. The picker faces the others. 3) The six non-trump sevens and eights are removed, dealing eight cards to each player, with two in the blind. 1) Seven cards are dealt to each player with four in the blind. Given