If all pass in the first round, the first player is allowed to alter trumps; if he does not care to do so, the second, then the third, and lastly the fourth.
If one should fail to score, having ordered up the card, he and his partner are euchred, and their opponents count two.
Should one player be exceedingly strong, he can say, "I play a lone hand," whereupon his partner throws up his hand, and the lone hand plays against the other two.
If the single player gets all five tricks he counts three, if three or four tricks, he counts only one, and if two, or less, he is euchred.
There is yet another variation to this game, and one that generally meets with approval.
A blank card is taken and on it is written "Joker." This card always counts highest in the pack whatever suit may happen to be trumps.
If "Joker" should be the turn-up card, the dealer has the privilege of naming any suit he likes for trumps.