Jerky (game)

Jerky is a card game for between two and four players. Each player's hand consists of one suit of an ordinary deck of cards. Additionally, one suit (traditionally, clubs) is shared among the players. It is acceptable to repeat suits among the players. The clubs are shuffled and placed face down (or, in some variants, face-up and spread out so that all cards are visible).

On a turn:The top club is revealed. Players secretly select one card from their hand as a bid. When everyone has selected one, the cards are revealed. The player with the highest card takes the top club. Any cards bid are discarded and cannot be used for the remainder of the game. Card order is A,2-9,J,Q,K, and for scoring, A=1, J=11, Q=12, K=13. If two players tie for highest, they secretly select another card each, and repeat the bidding process until there is no longer a tie. Only the last cards played count: the rest are returned to the players' hands as if they had never been played. Further bids among tying players need not be higher than bids among players who bid lower on the first round. Those players can no longer bid.

Scoring: A player's score is the sum of clubs he or she has collected. The player with the most points wins.