Players and Cards

There are three active players. A 24-card pack is used (which includes “9”, “10”, “Jack”, “Queen”, “King” and “Ace” cards). 1000 is a point-trick game: the aim is to win tricks containing valuable cards; there are just six cards in each of the suits – Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades – and their ranking from high to low and their point values are as follows:

There are therefore 120 card points in the pack altogether and a player who holds both the king and the queen of a suit (a pair or marriage) can obtain additional points by declaring them as follows: