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== Play ==
To begin, both players say "spit" (or "slam" or "speed", depending on the variation) simultaneously as each player flips over the [[top card]] from their spit cards into the centre to start the two spit piles. Then, the two players attempt to play the cards from their rows of cards into the spit piles as fast as they can; there are no turns.

Each player can play their face-up cards from their row onto either spit pile, if the previous card in that spit pile is of a consecutive value. For example, a '''5''' can be placed upon a '''4''' or a '''6''', but not another '''5'''. An '''Ace''' is considered consecutive to both '''King''' and '''2'''. When a face-up card is used, the next card under it in its stack can be turned over and then played. If a stack of the rows is empty, a player can transfer any face-up card into that [[space (patience term)|space]] and turn over the following card. As during setup, face-up cards of the same rank may be placed on top of each other within the rows.

Once either player has depleted the cards from their row, each player tries to slap the spit pile that they think is smaller. Whoever slaps first gets the pile slapped, and the other player takes the other spit pile. (In some variants the player who plays all their cards just chooses a pile.) These cards are added to the remainder of the player's spit cards and then [[shuffled (cards)|shuffled]] together and [[dealt (patience term)|dealt]] into rows as done at the start of the deal. There is no set number of rounds because the first to lose all of their cards is the winner.

If the run reaches a point where both players are stuck or choose not to play a card, both players once again say "spit" simultaneously and each player turns their top spit card face up, placing it on one of the spit piles. Play then resumes as described above.<ref name="arneson1">{{cite web|last=Arneson|first=Erik|title=Spit Rules|url=http://boardgames.about.com/od/spit/a/spit_rules.htm|work=About.com|access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>

===End of play===
When one player starts with fifteen cards or fewer, there will only be one spit pile, and the first player to get rid of their rows doesn't take anything from the center. The opponent takes the spit pile and their tableau cards.

If the player with no spit cards in their hand is also the one who gets rid of their rows first, they win the game. If their opponent gets rid of their tableau first, the game continues.<ref name="arneson1"/>