Euchre *

When naming a suit (ordering up trump), a player states that their team intends to win the majority of tricks of the hand. A single point is scored if the team takes three or four tricks, and two points are scored if the team takes all five tricks. A failure of the team to win three tricks is referred to as being "euchred", and that team is penalized by giving the opposing team two points. A caller with very good cards can "go alone" (order up alone), in which case the caller tries to win the march without a partner. The partner of a caller in a lone hand does not play, and if the caller achieves the march (winning all 5 tricks), the winning partners score 4 points. If only three or four of the tricks are taken while going alone, then only one point is scored. If euchred while playing alone, the opposing team still only receives 2 points.