How To Play Old Maid Card Game 3 Players. Each player removes all pairs from his hand face down. This player discards any pair that may have been formed by the drawn.
After, the player who picked a card must remove any new pairs from their hand. A player shuffles the cards and deals them, one at a time, to each player. At the end, some player have 1 more card than others.
This is a great game to play with younger children.
One or more standard decks of 52 cards, with three queens removed: With 3 players, the dealer will have one less card than the other players. He must either play a card onto the discard pile or he must take one from the top of the stock pile. If the card matches one he already has in his hand, he puts the pair down.