Two Player Cards

Hearts

Play two-player Hearts online

Hearts cut for two. Thirteen cards each, the rest a stock. After every trick the winner draws, then the loser. Pass three, follow suit, dump hearts and the queen of spades. Lowest match score when someone reaches 100.

Free, no ads, no download. Two seats: a friend on another device, or the computer.

How two people play

  1. Open a table. Tap “Play a friend”. You get a five-letter code.
  2. Send the code. The other person types it at Two Player Cards, on their own phone or computer.
  3. Play. Each of you only sees what you should. The deck stays on the server.

House rules at this table

Deal

Standard 52-card pack. Thirteen cards each. The other 26 sit facedown as a stock. At the start of every hand, each player passes three cards to the other.

Tricks

The player holding the two of clubs leads the first trick (if it is in the stock, the lowest club in either hand leads). Follow suit if you can. Highest card of the led suit wins the trick and leads the next. After each trick the winner draws one card from the stock, then the loser draws one. You may not play a heart or the queen of spades on the first trick unless you have nothing else. You may not lead a heart until hearts are broken, unless hearts are all you have left.

Scoring

Each heart taken is 1 point. The queen of spades is 13. There are 26 points in a hand. If you take all 26 you shoot the moon: you score 0 and the other player scores 26. Lowest total when someone reaches 100 wins.

Questions

Why is there a stock?

Two-player Hearts deals 13 each and leaves 26 as a stock. After each trick the winner draws one, then the loser, so the hand plays out the whole pack.

When can I lead a heart?

After hearts are broken (a heart has been played), or if hearts are all you have left.

What is shooting the moon?

Take all 26 points in a hand. You score 0 and the other player scores 26.

How do you win?

Keep playing hands until a score reaches 100. Lowest total wins.