<p>Officially play does not begin until the dealer has discarded. </p>

<p>(take the following quote with a grain of salt, there are tons of euchre variants and home rules that may contradict this). </p>

<p><a href="http://www.euchrelinks.com/rules.html">http://www.euchrelinks.com/rules.html</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>XIII. If the eldest-hand leads before the dealer has discarded, he
  cannot withdraw his card and change his lead, nor can the dealer be
  deprived of his right to play alone. The discard is not completed
  until the dealer places his card under the kitty, or on the table, and
  has quitted it; and when the dealer has once quitted the discarded
  card, he cannot change it.</p>
  
  <p>XVIII. If any player plays with six or more cards, or, if the dealer
  plays and omits to discard and fails to announce the fact before three
  tricks have been turned, such player or dealer cannot count the point,
  or points, made on their side in the hand, and they lose the deal. But
  if the adverse party win under such circumstances, they are entitled
  to count all they make.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>If you had stopped play and discarded after the first card(s) were played, they cannot be un-play their card once you discard (and you can use that information to choose a discard).</p>

<p>Since you did not discard and played the hand with 6 cards, you cannot score points this hand.</p>

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2016-01-25T17:03:27.023Z
Might be worthwhile re-emphasizing in the last sentence that the failure to discard does not prevent *non-dealing* side from scoring.
Forget I was ever here
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In this particular case, the dealer side won the round, but when caught with the extra card, the non-dealer team gave themselves 2 points because dealer played with 6 cards.  I don't think that is covered in any rules I've found.
Jeffrey Shade
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Colin D
<p>I'm the dealer.  The person to the left tells me to pick it up.  He plays before I discard.  As a result of the fast play, I forget to discard, and in the end of the play, I'm obviously holding onto one extra card.  Does the official play begin at the discard?  Or am I penalized for not discarding?</p>

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The original title was entirely valid. Removing the name of the game in question makes it a vague and unclear title; such removal is not helpful.
Nij
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@Nij I think part of the issue was that prefacing the question title with "Euchre:" is really unnatural and not how questions are usually written on this site. I changed the word "Euchre" to be part of the question to be more natural, but still keep that information. Does that seem like a fair compromise?
Thunderforge
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Much more natural, yes.
Nij
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When does play begin in Euchre?
Jeffrey Shade
# When does play begin in Euchre?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-25)

I'm the dealer. The person to the left tells me to pick it up. He plays before I discard. As a result of the fast play, I username_4 to discard, and in the end of the play, I'm obviously holding onto one extra card. Does the official play begin at the discard? Or am I penalized for not discarding?

**Tags:** euchre

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The original title was entirely valid. Removing the name of the game in question makes it a vague and unclear title; such removal is not helpful.  
> **username_2**: @username_1 I think part of the issue was that prefacing the question title with "Euchre:" is really unnatural and not how questions are usually written on this site. I changed the word "Euchre" to be part of the question to be more natural, but still keep that information. Does that seem like a fair compromise?  
> **username_1**: Much more natural, yes.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-01-25. Score: 6

Officially play does not begin until the dealer has discarded.

(take the following quote with a grain of salt, there are tons of euchre variants and home rules that may contradict this).

<http://www.euchrelinks.com/rules.html>

> XIII. If the eldest-hand leads before the dealer has discarded, he
> cannot withdraw his card and change his lead, nor can the dealer be
> deprived of his right to play alone. The discard is not completed
> until the dealer places his card under the kitty, or on the table, and
> has quitted it; and when the dealer has once quitted the discarded
> card, he cannot change it.
>
> XVIII. If any player plays with six or more cards, or, if the dealer
> plays and omits to discard and fails to announce the fact before three
> tricks have been turned, such player or dealer cannot count the point,
> or points, made on their side in the hand, and they lose the deal. But
> if the adverse party win under such circumstances, they are entitled
> to count all they make.

If you had stopped play and discarded after the first card(s) were played, they cannot be un-play their card once you discard (and you can use that information to choose a discard).

Since you did not discard and played the hand with 6 cards, you cannot score points this hand.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Might be worthwhile re-emphasizing in the last sentence that the failure to discard does not prevent *non-dealing* side from scoring.  
> **username_0**: In this particular case, the dealer side won the round, but when caught with the extra card, the non-dealer team gave themselves 2 points because dealer played with 6 cards.  I don't think that is covered in any rules I've found.  

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