Favorite Card Games

It's been a while since I posted a list. We played UNO with the fam tonight, so here's my favorite card games:

1. Pinochle -- A family favorite at every holiday and family gathering. We'll play till our fingers fall off and marriages on the verge of major issue.

2. Spades -- On the way back to Beckley, West Virginia after the national tournament in Oklahoma City, Jason, Brock, John, Rob and I played spades for ten straight hours -- seriously.

3. Poker -- Hold 'Em, Baseball, Blackjack, Draw, El Diablo, whatever -- poker is fun. Anytime I play with Travis though, I get pretty upset cause he always manages to pull the most amazing hands out of nowhere. I think we should have a poker night at Cornerstone.

4. Hearts -- I most enjoy playing with my uncles and grandfather because things get so animated with the queen gets tossed, but online is fun too.

5. Rook -- Haven't played it since college, but it is way fun and thinking of it spurred me to write down "buy Rook deck" in my PDA to do list.

6. Uno -- I'm colorblind, so I have serious difficulty telling the red cards from the green cards, but it's fun to play with my kids.

7. Phase Ten -- There's a good possibility I may be undefeated at this game.

8. Dutch Blitz -- I'm not joking, my wife is a world-class Blitz player. I've never seen her lose except when I beat her once. I had her sign the score card for proof of the outcome and I have it hanging on the white board in my office. If the Amish gambled, I'd take her to barn raisings and hustle for cash.