Editing 500 (card game) (section)

==Setup==
Of the many variants to 500, the standard deck contains 43 [[playing card]]s: a [[Joker (playing card)|joker]] is included (sometimes two, in which case the black joker beats the red one), and the 2s, 3s, and two 4s are removed. Either the two black 4s are removed,<ref>{{cite web|title=How to Play – The Set Up|url=https://500rules.com/#set-up|website=500 Rules|access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> or the 4 of spades and 4 of diamonds are removed, in which case the 4 that matches the trump colour is also considered trump, so that there are always 13 trump cards (14 when using two jokers). Cards are dealt to each of the four players and three (four with two jokers) are dealt face down on the table to form the ''kitty'' (also known as the ''widow'', the ''blind'' or the '' hole card''). Alternatively, a 45-card deck can be used (46 with two jokers), in which case the 4s are not removed. Each player still receives a hand of 10 cards, but the kitty is increased to five cards (six with two jokers).

Players play in pairs, usually opposite each other. Traditionally, a bundle of three cards is dealt to each player, one to the kitty, a bundle of four to each player, one to the kitty, a bundle of three to each player, one to the kitty or with a 45-card deck: the deal is performed by dealing three cards to each player, then placing three cards in the kitty, four cards each and two to the kitty, and then three. In some versions, if a player does not receive a face card this is considered a misdeal and a redeal may be required.

As in euchre, in non-trump suits, the order of cards from highest to lowest is 
: ace, king, queen, (jack), 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, (4). 
In the trump suit, the order is (from the highest):
: joker, the jack of trumps, the jack of the same color, ace, king, queen, 10, 9,..., 5, (4). 
For instance if diamonds are trumps then the order in diamonds is following (from the highest):
: joker, {{diamonds}}J, {{hearts}}J, A, K, Q, 10, 9,..., 4. 
The jack of the trump suit is called ''right bower''. The jack of the suit of the same colour as the trump suit is called ''left bower''' and is considered part of the trump suit. The joker is sometimes known as ''best bower'' in reference to the trump jacks.

Bower is an Anglicization of the [[German language|German]] ''Bauer'', a word meaning farmer, peasant, or [[pawn (chess)|pawn]]. This name is often used to refer to the Jack of German games.