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Printable Pitch score sheet

High, Low, Jack, and the Game — the four points of America’s barroom bidding classic, printed on a pad that handles both the partnership game and cutthroat. Set bids go in the hole; the sheet has room for the circles.

Euchre score sheet → Prints on one page — US Letter or A4. Save as PDF from the print dialog.

Pitch (Setback)

High · Low · Jack · Game — four points a hand
Bid 2–4 · set = bid subtracted ("in the hole") · first to 11 wins

Partnership game

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Cutthroat (3–4 players)

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The four points

  • High — highest trump in play (won by whoever holds it)
  • Low — lowest trump in play (to its winner or its holder — agree first)
  • Jack — win the jack of trumps in a trick (not always dealt)
  • Game — most card points taken: each 10 = 10 · A = 4 · K = 3 · Q = 2 · J = 1
  • Bid 2–4 · make your bid = score your points · set = bid subtracted (circle it — "in the hole")
  • First to 11 wins · the bidder counts out first
Pitch is a folk family: 5-point and 10-point versions (with fives and off-jacks), Smudge, and shoot-the-moon rules all exist regionally, and whether Low goes to its winner or its original holder varies table to table. This sheet plays the classic 4-point game; the grid scores the others fine.
Limestone Games Pitch score sheet · free printable · limestonegames.com/printables/

How to play Pitch

Six cards each, one round of bidding — two, three, or four — and the winning bidder pitches: their first card names trump for the hand. Follow suit or trump as you like (the classic rule: you may always play a trump), and hunt the four points: High, Low, Jack and Game. Make your bid and score everything you took; fall short and you're set — the bid comes straight off your score, circled on the pad the way generations have marked the hole.

Counting the Game point

Game is the tiebreaker point and the beginner-trap: total the card points captured in your tricks — every ten is worth 10, aces 4, kings 3, queens 2, jacks 1 — and most points takes it. A hand of pretty trumps that bleeds tens to the other side gives away the fourth point; guarding tens is half the craft of Pitch.

The pad

Partnership on the left, cutthroat on the right — bid column beside each hand so sets are provable afterward. First to eleven wins, bidder counting out first when it's close. Regional versions (five and ten point, Smudge) score on the same grid; just note your extra points in the margin. If bidding games are your table's dialect, Euchre and 500 pads are one click away.

Frequently asked

Can the Jack point just not happen? Yes — if the trump jack wasn’t dealt, only three points are out. Bidding four is bidding on the jack being findable.

Who gets Low? The older rule gives Low to whoever was dealt it; many modern tables award it to whoever wins it in play. The sheet flags it — agree before the first pitch.

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