Euchre game variations is given the option on the next turn to call what is known as the "Kurtz Blind Loner". A member of the losing team is allowed to declare a "Kurtz Blind Loner" before the dealing of the cards for that set. In this case, the declaring member plays the hand by themself in the normal manner and should the declaring player win, the team the player belongs to brings their team an automatic victory. The small chance of success has led to few executions of the fabled maneuver. Deck The five-handed Euchre deck comprises the Euchre deck with the addition
Pinochle queens for five points, and jacks and nines are worth zero. An even simpler method has aces, tens, and kings worth 10 (and known as "counters"), and everything else zero ("garbage"). Since all points are multiples of ten in the third method, most players drop the redundant zero. Aces, tens, and kings won in tricks are worth one point. The meld scoring can also avoid the zero in the tenth place. Melds like 1,000 aces are thus worth 100. The terms "1,000 aces", "800 kings" and so on are often used, even though the point values are one-tenth. Two-handed pinochle