Shanghai Card Game How To Play. It differs from contract rummy in both terminology and rules. On each turn, players play cards from their hand to the table.
The player with the highest card becomes the first dealer. In hands that follow, the deal passes to the left. The normal game play is almost self explanatory as far as rules are concerned.
Instead cards are dealt in groups of three a total of three times and then a single card is dealt to each player to finish the deal.
One card is taken from the top of the stock and placed face up at the top right of the screen. Shanghai begins with the player to the left of the dealer and passes clockwise. This card is called the upcard and becomes the beginning of the discard pile, other wise known as dead, or no longer in the game. For 3 to 4 players:
