players have fewer than 5 cards in their hand, these players may share all so-called rubbish cards, i.e. all those from the 2s to the 5s. If applicable, all the players – even those who will receive low cards – sort out all the 2s, 3s, 4sand 5s from their hands. Note that the low trumps must also be sorted out. The low cards are shuffled by one of the other players and dealt out one by one to the players concerned. This is a standard rule in the United States. Variation: The minimum number of cards required to avoid the low cards may also be six, seven or ten. Variation: Players who have too few cards are dealt the low cards according to the optional rule above, but the minimum number of cards required to avoid this is specified by the face value of the trump upcard. Aces count in this context as 14, Kings as 13, Queens as 12 and Jacks 11. Phase 2 The player who drew the last card from the pack goes first in phase 2. A player who plays to a trick in this phase may play any card or sequence from his own hand. A sequence is an unbroken succession of cards of a suit, for example 9 10 J. Play proceeds clockwise. A player playing to the trick must play a card or sequence of the same suit and of higher rank than the top card or play a card or sequence in trump. If the trump is at the top of the pile, of course the only option left is to overtrump. Leading a card or a sequence to a trick or playing a card or sequence to a trick is called making a 'lay' (läggning). If a player is unable or unwilling to play cards to a trick, he must take the top card from the trick pile and all cards in sequence from this card. Note that this applies even if the sequence has been played in several lays. For example, if A plays the 3, B plays the 6 and 7, C plays the 8, 9 and 10 and D cannot overtake, then D must pick up the entire sequence from 6 to 10 (but not the three, as it does not sit in an unbroken sequence with the others). Picking up cards is usually called 'plucking' (plocka)