Play proceeds as in six-card golf, but a player may knock (instead of drawing) at any time - even before all of the players cards have been swapped for face-up cards - and then all other players have one chance to improve their hands before scores are tallied. Thereafter, players do not look at their face-down cards. Each player receives four cards face down in a 2x2 grid and looks at two before play begins. Rules are the same as in double-pack golf. Some common ones include: Single-pack golfįor two to four players. The variants in multiplayer golf are endless. Pairs are formed by cards of equal rank in the same column and override the normal point values of those cards. Game is nine or eighteen 'holes' (deals), and the player with the lowest total score is designated winner. A card picked up from the discard pile must be swapped with one of the current players cards. Remaining players then have one turn to draw a card to improve their hands and then scores are totaled and recorded on a running score sheet.ĭuring play it is not legal for a player to pick up a card from the discard pile and return it to the discard pile without playing it, to allow another player to retrieve the card. The round ends when all of a player's cards are face-up. If the card is swapped for one of the face down cards, the card swapped in remains face up. The drawn card may either be swapped for one of that player's 6 cards, or discarded.

You have to play 10 games.īeginning at dealer's left, players take turns drawing single cards from either the stock or discard piles. The object is for players to reduce the value of the cards in front of them by either swapping them for lesser value cards or by pairing them up with cards of equal rank and try to get the lower score.The highest score lost the game and the lower score wins the game. This arrangement is maintained throughout the game and players always have 6 cards in front of them. Players arrange their 6 cards in 2 rows of 3 in front of them and turn 2 of these cards face up. Each player is dealt 6 cards face down from the deck, the remainder is placed face down and the top card is turned up to start the discard pile beside it. Dealįour or more players use two standard 52- card decks plus 2 or 4 Jokers.

It is a game for four or more players using a double-deck of 108 cards, and has little in common with its solitaire cousin. Golf (also known as Polish Polka, Polish Poker, Turtle, Hara Kiri, Poison, or Crazy Nines) is a card game where players try to earn the lowest number of points (as in golf, the sport) over the course of nine deals (or 'holes' to further use golfing terminology).

Rules for golf 9 card game