Card games
Partnership Hearts
Partners across, the lower team total wins
Partnership Hearts plays like classic Hearts — pass three cards, avoid every heart and the Queen of Spades — but the two players sitting across are a team and add their points together. Help your partner duck, dump your hearts on the other side, and when a total reaches 100 the team with the lower total wins.
- Players
- 4 players
- Length
- 10–25 min per game
- Type
- Card games
Play Partnership Hearts online with friends
At Masa, Partnership Hearts is a game of its own right next to Hearts: pick it in the games list, open a table and share its code or link with your friends, or sit at a house table. Bots fill the empty chairs, and voice chat keeps the table talking.
How to play
- 1
Partners across add their points; the lower team wins
- 2
Everyone gets 13 cards. There are no trumps.
- 3
Before each hand, pass 3 cards: to the left, then to the right, then across. Every fourth hand nobody passes.
- 4
The player with the 2 of clubs leads it. Nobody may play a heart or the Queen of Spades on the first trick unless they have nothing else.
- 5
Follow the suit that was led if you can; if you can't, play any card. The highest card of the suit led wins the trick, and the winner leads next.
- 6
You can't lead hearts until a heart has been played on an earlier trick — unless you have nothing left but hearts and the Queen of Spades.
House rules
Pick any of these when you create a table; a table that changes none plays the rules above.
- Q♠ breaks hearts — Hearts may be led once the Q♠ is played
- Points on trick 1 — Without clubs you may throw hearts or the Q♠ on the first trick
- Passing — Rotate + hold · No passing · Always left · Rotate
Frequently asked questions
Is Partnership Hearts the same game as Hearts?
No. Partnership Hearts is played at the same kind of table as Hearts, but with rules of its own — see “How to play” above. At Masa it is a game of its own, with its own tables, stats and achievements.
Can I play Partnership Hearts online with friends?
Yes. Open a Partnership Hearts table and share its code or link. Empty seats fill with other players or bots, so a game always starts.
Is Partnership Hearts free to play?
Yes. You play with Chips, which have no cash value: nothing can be won or cashed out.
