Each numeral card from 3 to 10 scores its face value.The round ends when a player has six face-up cards (sometimes the other players are given one final turn following this), after which scoring happens as follows: If the card drawn is discarded, the player can then choose to flip a card 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 six cards or discarded.

After the last round, the highest score loses the game and the lowest score wins the game (see scoring below).īeginning at the dealer's left, players take turns drawing single cards from either the stock or discard piles. The objective is for players to reduce the value of the cards in front of them by swapping them for lesser value cards. This arrangement is maintained throughout the game players always have six cards in front of them. Players arrange their cards in two rows of three in front of them and turn any two of these cards face up. The remaining cards are placed face down to serve as the stock, from which the top card is taken and turned up to start the discard pile beside it. If played with four or more, a double-deck of 104 cards is ideal.Įach player is dealt six face-down cards from a shuffled deck. Two or three players should use a standard 52- card deck.

The game has little in common with the solitaire game of the same name. Golf (also known as Polish Polka, Polish Poker, Turtle, Hara Kiri and 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'). A player's grid of cards, in six card golf

Golf 9 card game rules