Pub. date: 2009 | Online Pub. Date: May 18, 2009 | DOI:
10.4135/9781412971935 | Print ISBN: 9781412966702 | Online ISBN:
9781412971935 | Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.About this
encyclopedia Euchre is a trick-taking card game typically played
by four people in two partnerships. Originally played with 32
cards, Euchre now uses a deck of 24, with all cards between two
and eight discarded. Its most distinctive characteristic is a
trump system in which the jack of trump (called the right
bower), followed by the jack of the same color (the left bower),
are elevated to the highest-ranking cards. From the mid-19th to
the early-20th century, Euchre and Poker were regarded as the
national card games of the United States. Although its
popularity in the United States has since declined, Euchre
retains a strong following in certain regions, particularly the
Great Lakes. The game also remains popular in Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Many writers at the turn of
the 20th ...