Jokers are not wild and cannot be played in combination with other cards. The players look at their hands and select any three of their six cards to place face up on top of their three face down cards. This has the same result as the method of dealing given in the main description above, except that in this version the players will not have seen any of the cards which end up in their opponents' three card hands. The game is occasionally played to find a winner rather than a loser. In that case, the winner is the first player who manages to get rid of all their hand and table cards.
Some people play that a ten can be played at any time, clearing the discard pile.
In this variation an eight can be played on any card. Eights are transparent - when playing on an eight, you must beat the first card under it that is not an eight. If an eight is played to the empty table, it reverses the direction of play as usual, and any card can beat it. You still place face up cards on each of your three face down cards, so if you have placed two or more equal cards on top of the same card, you will have fewer than three cards in your hand. You now replenish your hand to three cards by drawing from the stock.