Hearts is a card game where penalty points are given for taking tricks containing a heart or the queen of spades.
Winning Hearts is dependent on several factors, in addition to sheer luck.
In hearts, cards tend to have value to the player holding them in reverse order of rank. Aces, Kings and other face cards are generally of low value because the player holding them risks being forced to take a trick with it, and that trick could include a p...
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