of a non-trump suit and a low card of the same suit (for example the 6 and K when spades are trump) when one are unable to discard that suit entirely. The resulting strategy is to then play the low card first, with the assumption that one will lose the trick to the player holding the ace of that suit, and then when one have regained control of the table the king is played under the assumption that it will be a winning card. Playing the cards The way in which cards should be led will always be situational, and is subject to variations in the rules described in the Rules section. Leading trump Sometimes called flushing or bleeding trump, leading the trump suit immediately can often be (but isn't always) an effective strategy. This is typically done in the following situations. First, when a player has an above-average number of high trump cards they may wish to flush out the missing high trump cards. For example, if a player who has bid 7 is left holding the red joker and , then they have five of the six highest cards (and six total). A suitable strategy would be to start the game playing highest trump (the Joker) in an attempt to force the play of the J. An alternative, but similar, strategy in this situation would be to play the Q. This alternative strategy would force the player holding the J to decide between either playing the jack, or throwing away a lower trump card to intentionally lose to the queen. See also Euchre Loo Nap Pepper Notes 19th-century card games Australian card games American card games Euchre group Two-player card games Year of introduction missing