Euchre Euchre Euchre or eucre is a trick-taking card game most commonly played with four people in two partnerships with a deck of 24, 28, or sometimes 32, standard playing cards. It is the game responsible for introducing the joker into modern packs; this was invented around 1860 to act as a top trump or best Bower (from the German word "Bauer", "farmer", denoting also the Jack). It is believed to be closely related to the French game Écarté that was popularized in the United States by the Cornish and Pennsylvania Dutch, and to the seventeenth-century game of bad repute Loo.
Euchre the game has been won, the winning team then splits the pot between the two winners and the game can end there, or variants can be played over multiple games. Betting in euchre can also be done on a per trick basis or a per point basis. At the end of the game, the losing team owes the winning team the difference in points based on the monetary value set per point. Communicating with one's partner to influence their play, called table talk or cross-boarding, is considered cheating, which should be emphasized to new players. This can include code words,