How To Play Hearts (Card Game)

This video tutorial will teach you how to play Hearts. Hearts can be played with a different number of players, but this video covers the game for 4 players. Find more at gathertogethergames.com/hearts
This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of Hearts, and is followed by the more detailed features of the game. The video concludes with an example involving all the lessons learned about 4 player Hearts. This tutorial is perfect for beginning players, as well as, experienced players that need a refresher.
After watching, you will know the basics on how to play the card game Hearts. All that is left to do is grab some friends and start playing!
This Hearts tutorial will cover the following topics:
- How to deal the cards
- The overall objective of the game
- How to rank the cards
- How to pass cards
- How a hand is played
- How to score the hand
- A review of the rules
- An example hand
Please leave a comment below if you need any additional information about Hearts, if you have any questions about the game, or if any aspect of the game was not clear in the video.
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[@prithwish2912]

This guy knows how to help to learn Cards by demonstration... Kudos 🙏

[@GameAce6]

2:08 *Passes Jack, Queen, and Ace of hearts" This'll get you shot in Vegas.

[@baddriversofmoosejaw8681]

Used to play this game with my family. Always fun. Never heard of the Shooting The Moon rule. Very interesting. We had a nickname for the queen of spades. We called her Old Betsy. Lol. Thanks for posting.

[@Dylanfloss18569]

Cool

[@xanaduxanadu3605]

My family played this card game from age 5 yo and we were brutal!! We always tried to shoot the moon - thats the real goal of the game how could you play it without knowing? The Queen of spades we of course called her the bitch.

[@baddriversofmoosejaw8681]

@@xanaduxanadu3605 Didn't read the rules enough. Oh well. That was a long time ago and we were just playing for fun. Even the computer game doesn't tell you all the rules. Calling The Queen of Spades "The Bitch." LMAO. That's funny.

[@oppie47]

That’s funny because a lot of people give the queen of spades in Hearts different names around the world: Black Lady, Black Widow, Slippery Anne, Rickety Kate & Black Maria

[@jimc1758]

Good solid explanation. The rules you explained are spot-on to the rules I learned in my college days. I agree the music is a little loud and I suggest dropping the music altogether. Nonetheless I say "thank you" and tip my hat for a job well-done.

[@slvrangel22]

Watched another instructional video before this on how to play hearts and my head was swimming a bit. I watched this video and it makes a lot more sense.

[@hannahernst7818]

Thank you for the video! It was really helpful!

[@donavonheim559]

Thanks for the tutorial! i found a machine called LCD hearts by Excalibur at a yard sale and did not know how to play, but now i do!

[@supes4206]

Eveytime I haven't played in a while j always come back to this video, thank you

[@leoli2284]

I kind of agree that players normally want to pass their high-ranking cards. However, sometimes players want to void theirselves of suit (except spades) if they only have three or less cards of that suit.

[@DaMadDad]

Haven’t played this game since 2010. Man was this a fun game to pass the time in the joint. Hearts, spades, Casio etc. gotta teach my wife and kids these types of card games. I forgot a lot of them once I got out and turn my life around. As shitty as being locked up was, cards, chess and bones was some good times!

[@SterlingWood]

Thank you for this information video! Enjoyed the music as well!

[@yourfriendinvermont2478]

Well explained!

[@iwillneverlisten]

Thank you so much for this great card Game.

[@henamerts]

Nice. Thanks.

[@cameronmerker6137]

Well done!

[@akashyap72]

What if any player left with few only hearts card and queen of spades then which card should he thew

[@Aaaa-jm7ks]

Watching the video to understand Black Queen Hypothesis one day before final exam. Thanks!

[@whfvfjshdsjthhesjdvvdjfk]

I used to play this game a lot on Windows XP Those were the days

[@chriszablocki2460]

The gun range has a target of randomized playing cards. I want to dump an entire box of 50 rounds on the queen of spades. But I think that's what she wants. And I don't want to give her the satisfaction.

[@rhonaldzerpa9691]

Avoid getting the “Queen of Spades and getting “Cards of Hearts!” If you don’t get both of that, you “Shoot the Moon.” Also beginning the game, pass 3 cards.

[@anasian8894]

can someone please tell me what he meant by "hands"? Does he mean at the beginning of each card dealings, we have to pass 3 cards to the other players? (I am not a Native english speaker)

[@user-zx5ep4el9j]

How did the players 1 and 2, at the end, magically gain all the hearts?

[@vonbawasanta9033]

What’s the brand of your deck?

[@LeotheTiger1234]

I've only ever shot the moon once, and it was completely by accident. (I was about 6 or 7 years old, playing on the computer, and didn't know what I was doing.) Now that I know how to do it, I've never done it. Between the two, however, I prefer spades over hearts. In spades, you do want the spades. In this game, you don't want the hearts.

[@JamieKing-wn1qm]

Can queen of spades be played before hearts have been broken?

[@selenamejia7350]

I’m only here because I’m reading “Hearts in Atlantis” by Stephen King.

[@thatloseranna1066]

haha sameee

[@annasmith1308]

Honestly same, hopefully I don’t get addicted 😂

[@karicoffey2743]

Me too! I was getting confused, so I figured I needed to learn how to play! 😂

[@brendanstack5423]

Question. For the fourth hand where card passes can not be done, if you are somehow dealt all 13 hearts, what can you do since hearts can't be played for the first trick of that round? Do you forfeit your hand or do you have to play a heart?

[@leoli2284]

Well, since you have to shuffle the cards, this would hardly ever happen.

[@JamieKing-wn1qm]

​@leoli2284 Yes however it is still possible although very little chance of actually happening. But say hypothetically it did occur what would u do?

[@denislavdochev3783]

Best card game ever!

[@feelzthedon994]

This kind of sounds familiar to the game of Spades but is more like a suicide game where you want to score the least amount of points to win. That's if I'm understanding correctly. Sounds interesting but complex at the same time.

[@emma4718]

Feelz The Don it is very similar to the game of spades in some ways. My family plays Hearts & Spades intermittently.

[@mathaha2922]

With one important difference being that in the game Spades the spades are trumps, while in the game Hearts there are no trumps.

[@SufferYouth]

me trying to learn this incase my wifi gets downed and i can just play it on microsoft games

[@Bukki13]

Do you have no games that work offline? Is that really how bad it’s gotten?

[@LeotheTiger1234]

I play it on Hoyle Card Games, but yes. Sometimes offline is the best method.

[@diamondmeeple]

GatherTogetherGames, what are your three favorite card games, execpt Canasta and Bridge?

[@GatherTogetherGames]

Spades, Euchre, and Cribbage.

[@diamondmeeple]

GatherTogetherGames I love Spades the most myself. Why you like Euchre? I never tried it. Best things about it?

[@tomgorey9294]

@@diamondmeeple learn Bridge, it's the best card hand ever, any age can learn

[@whfvfjshdsjthhesjdvvdjfk]

* are (not "is")

[@carstenmuller8137]

Why is that in the beginner section ? I would say its medium.

[@annoyingkittycat6449]

So I’m a little confused, when you say each heart is one point, does that mean If I take the trick with a 7 of hearts do I get seven points or just the one point?

[@GatherTogetherGames]

Just one point

[@annoyingkittycat6449]

@@GatherTogetherGames k ty

[@Diesel_games]

Here's what I don't understand. Why would you ever play your highest card? If you play your highest card...you "win" the trick...except..if you win a trick you get all the cards and points...which means...you will lose the game. Seems best to always play your lowest and never win. Then...you actually win. What am I missing? I'd think if the goal is to have no points, then the player with the worst card should take the trick, thus giving them the most points causing them to lose.

[@FusionBlastoise1]

Adam Marisett because you are forced to follow suit. Losing tricks is definitely better, but you will not always be able to “lose” the trick, especially since the winner of the trick gets to decide what suit to play

[@reillywalker195]

Only tricks with hearts actually count for points, so it's okay to win tricks that don't have any hearts. If you're trying to shoot the moon, you need to win all of the hearts and the Q♠️, so you'd want to do all you could to win tricks.

[@Bomb_ombs]

Not to mention if you expend all your low cards and only have high cards while the points are being played then you are stuck with all the remaining cards. Sometimes it's best to sacrifice and gain a few points to ensure that you don't start and avalanche of opportunities for others to dump their points on you in later hands.

[@cassandravemces731]

I actually used the, two youtube videos to learn it was pretty hard because I used two videos.

[@tonumoymustafiz5403]

thanks :)

[@rosaliewalker7655]

Tonumoy Mustafiz r

[@rosaliewalker7655]

Tonumoy Mustafiz NEVER PLAYED BEFORE

[@rosaliewalker7655]

Tonumoy Mustafiz da better stick to spades

[@MsMizlicious]

What If I cheat and said I cant follow suit to get rid of my hearts?

[@richardbisson5140]

you'll go to hell

[@kohlwr1167]

Eventually they'd find out since you would have to play the card later in the game

[@kohlwr1167]

And then they'd know that you could have followed suit

[@happytaffy3366]

What happens if the highest card eg king is played by 2 players? How do u decide who takes the cards?

[@-8h-]

Based on the suit. Whatever suit was played to start the trick, if the king is the same suit as the starter, then they take it over any other king.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

What about the option of subtracting 26 point from your score rather than giving 26 points to your three opponents?

[@enecofan888]

That's the new Moon variant I think. He explains the old moon variant.

[@heaintloveu]

Does the first card played have to be the 2 of clubs?

[@bluegamer4214]

I believe so

[@lin2thez341]

yes. our family played this way - deal out the deck and if there are cards left over (like if you are playing 5 people) put those extra cards in the middle face down. We called that the "kitty". Whoever took the first hand also took the kitty. It gave you a power so to speak, because only you knew what was there - maybe a heart (so someone couldn't shoot the moon!) If the 2 of clubs happened to be in the kitty, we would start with the 3 of clubs.

[@baggyBr33ks]

@3:02 Does player 3 win the trick here?

[@leoli2284]

Yes

[@rachaelfrisch8707]

Card games and board games make me feel like the stupidest person in the world it takes me so much to catch on. I watched this video 3x

[@Andrea-km8si]

What happens if a player has all 13 hearts in his first hand? It's a extremely rare case

[@fansalarmslightingetc]

My dad used to play this game

[@muhammadomarsiddiq7066]

Can you please tell me what do you mean by "LEAD SUIT". And please give another example. P.S. A beginner here 😛

[@GatherTogetherGames]

Lead suit means the suit of the first card played into the middle. If the first card played is the 2 of clubs, clubs are the lead suit.

[@muhammadomarsiddiq7066]

@@GatherTogetherGames And what does TRUMP card or TRUMP suit mean? And also the meaning of "TRICK TAKING". Now I know these are basics of a card game but still I'm a beginner 🌚

[@imaansafiya5554]

i thought that you should get highest number to win. hihi

[@harakumarghadai7828]

can hearts played with 3 players?

[@howardhiggins9641]

@Dat Math Boi Played hundreds of games like this. The only question then is how to handle the three card "pass across" step. We usually just deleted that option. So pass left, pass right, keep, pass left ...etc.

[@leoli2284]

Hearts is unique on so many levels. Here are the reasons why: - In this game, you want to avoid taking tricks containing bad cards in them. - You don’t want points. - The player left of the dealer doesn’t go first, instead the player with the 2 of clubs does.

[@caolanochearnaigh9804]

"That's the fourth time you done played that bitch of spades on my ass!" -Random Prisoner, "Rounders", 1998.

[@crystallight2]

When we played this Shooting the Moon either assigned 26 points to all other players or you got to reduce your own score by 26 points. See you didn't talk about Shooting the Sun. To Shoot the Sun you have to win every trick in the round. If you do so you reduce your score by 52 points.

[@raissacamelo7498]

This must be super hard

[@howardhiggins9641]

I played hundreds and hundreds of games of hearts - over probably 20 years. I only ever had a good enough hand once, after the pass, to do this. several times I could have done this if I hadn't had to pass, but life's just not fair.

[@memotype]

You forgot about the jack of diamonds being worth -10 points!

[@JamieKing-wn1qm]

No it ain't

[@wtgvjplatinum]

First game, shot the moon 🌙 😁👍

[@peterc.7841]

music too loud, voice too soft. But otherwise a very well-constructed instructional.

[@isabelmoreno7064]

Peter C. There is no music

[@Piper-eo2bj]

Peter C. What music? There is music in the intro, but...

[@fannybuster]

Is this the same game the Marines play called "Hunt the cu*t"

[@ironix1]

Fanny Buster Yes

[@sifugurusensei]

What? Come again? I dont get it

[@natachav9534]

I’m still confused ctfu

[@lindaf4836]

Me 2! I Thot I got how 2 play from old built-in computer game I had, but trying 2 follow it 2 play with the FAM 4 real, seems so hard. I guess machine keeping track 4 U is always simpler!!!

[@tnil3725]

Same girl! My friends want to play, I looked this up, but I'm still so confused tf! Dont drink an play I guess lol

[@kyleesolus8744]

Wait... But do you want the tricks or not???

[@lin2thez341]

If you shoot the moon (ie take all the points) the other players all get 26. My dad was king of shooting the moon. I managed to do it once to him!

[@Dbgrasshopper33]

Bruh Im lost lol.....I.dont understand

[@howardhiggins9641]

You need to watch, and understand a more basic video on the rules and objective of hearts first. Play five games with others who already know how to play, ans then watch this again.

[@Mundo_Yera]

Too low your voice, too high the music. Suggest you balance them cause uncomfortable to be adjusting the volume. Nice explanation. Thanks.

[@victorymansions]

Shoot the moon!!

[@MmoComando]

this game is super hard to follow and confusing

[@rahimkassamali7090]

MMO COMMANDO heart deficient. Game

[@Nightowl333]

I agree, been trying for a week to understand this game, played with family, still don’t get it. This is the only game in my entire life that seems so hard for me to understand and pick up on any strategy or meaning of any move. Frustrating

[@Gos1234567]

Nightowl333 this game is simple! Your family must be stupid

[@glockforty6920]

@@Gos1234567 lmaoo you're rude af

[@Gos1234567]

@Little Bit Yes but thats the fun of it !You avoid winning a trick with hearts in it.But also inspades you can win a trick by throwing a spade if you dont have the suit that has been lead whereas in Hearts the guy that lead will win that trick if a heart is thrown on it,so i suppose that confuses people.But also in spades sometimes you avoid winning a trick after youve hit your bid so it kinda has that in common.anyway both great games to play but Hearts is way more fun cos of the Queen of spades!

[@user-mi3if6xn5z]

Thanks, very clear, but it's the 21st century, his/him is not the default pronoun. Would appreciate you use 'the player' ' to not exclude women. Words matter : )

[@JamieKing-wn1qm]

If u look when the video posted it was 7 years ago so wth u commenting now?