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The 52 Qard Game Series · Season 3

Sueca

Ten cards each, the last card shown sets the trump.

Home Portugal, Brazil and AngolaSeats 4, in partnershipsFamily Trick-taking tablesStatus At the table
W.F.A. deck40cards in play
Sueca on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
Sueca · Portugal, Brazil and Angola

How to deal

Partners sit across the table. Deal ten cards each from the 40-card deck. The dealer shows their last card: its suit is trump for the hand.

How to play

The player to the dealer's right leads, and play runs counter-clockwise. You must follow suit if you can; if you cannot, you may trump or throw anything. The highest trump, or else the highest card of the led suit, takes the trick. Card order is Ace high, then the 07, King, Jack, Queen, and the rest down to the 2.

How you win

Count the cards your partnership captured: Ace eleven, 07 ten, King four, Jack three, Queen two. A hand holds a hundred and twenty points; more than sixty wins the hand, ninety or more wins it double, and taking all the points wins it four times over. First partnership to four hand-wins takes the game.

W.F.A. deck setup for Sueca

Play without the four 1s, then strip the 8s, 9s and 10s: 40 cards, the 07 in as the seven and the top pip card.

Sixty seconds at the table

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