He also might turn out to be a lone player if he himself holds the highest card of the suit he called. When the maker plays alone, he wins from or loses to each of the other players. The only difference from four-handed Euchre is that for five or six players, a march scores 3 points. Each member of each team receives the full amount for making or for euchre. The pack consists of 25 cards, created by discarding all twos through eights and adding in the joker.
Cards rank as in the basic rules with the joker always being the highest trump.
Each player is dealt six cards, three at a time. The last card becomes the widow and is placed face down on the table. The player to the dealer's left bids first, and each player has one chance to bid. Bids are a number from one to six. The high bidder picks up the widow, names trump, and discards one card face down.