Overview

• Standard 52 cards.
• Rank order is ace high AKQJ1098765432
• Phat is a four player trick-taking game.
• Players opposite each other are a team.
• The first team to score 181 points wins.
• Phat cards score immediately.
• A team that collects more than half of the Muck scores 8 points at the end of the round.
• If both teams collect half of the Muck, the 8 points are carried over to the next round.

Game play

• All the cards are dealt.
• The first player is selected randomly.
  • Each round the first player responsibility passes clockwise.
• The suit of the first card of each round is the trump suit.
• Each player plays one card.
• Suit must be followed if possible.
• The trick is won by:
  1. The highest trump, otherwise
  2. The highest card of the suit led.
• The winner of each trick leads the next.