23+ Hearts Rules 3 Players Background. It includes all the 52 cards of a standard deck. I've settled on the former from reading an omnibus hearts variation already in use on the regular hearts page.
Fair play rules are mandatory regardless of the arrangement.
The original rules gave omnibus hearts players the choice between treating the 10 or the q as the replacement for the removed j as long as you stay with the card you decided on. In a 3 player hearts game, each player receives 17 cards and the two of diamonds is removed from the deck. You play hearts to a set score, and the winner of the game is the player who has the lowest score when another player goes over the top. After the cards have been dealt, each player chooses three cards to pass to an opponent.