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
Liverpool rummy player is written down, and the player with the lowest total score at the end of the seven deals wins the game. In each deal the players reduce the value of the cards held in their hands by laying on the table those cards that fit a specific "contract" of Sets and Runs. The game is played with multiple standard 52-pack plus the jokers. 2 decks for three to five players. 3 decks for more players. The ranking from low-to-high is A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K-A. Aces can be low or high. Jokers are wild cards and can stand in for any other card.