If the player succeeds in making a pair from the selected card he will discard them. The player will take one card out of his face down cards and adds it to his cards. He will offer his cards face down to the player at his left. They have to discard exact pairs only, not three of a kind or four of a kind. Players take their pile, look at them and discard pairs. At the end, some player have 1 more card than others. Playersĭealer will deal cards from his left evenly. There are also special crafted cards for old maid but the regular deck would be sufficed. One queen is removed from the deck leaving total 52 cards. It is played with a standard single deck of 52 cards. It is an ancient game and Schwarzer Peter in Germany, Fekete Péter in Hungary, Sorteper in Denmark, le pouilleux in France and many other aliases. Old Maid is a card game played both with children and families together.
