Social Activities for Men

San Mateo Branch

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🎯 Getting Started

Welcome to the Cards Group

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Cribbage
Thursdays, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
San Mateo Senior Center
2645 Alameda de las Pulgas
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Hearts
Fridays, 12:30–2:30 p.m.
San Mateo Senior Center
2645 Alameda de las Pulgas

Come play with us

The SIR Cards group is a relaxed, friendly place to play two of the great card games — Cribbage on Thursdays and Hearts on Fridays. Come for one, come for both. There's no sign-up sheet and no partner to line up: just drop in, and we'll get you into a game.

Whether you've played for fifty years or are picking up a deck for the first time in decades, you'll find good company and patient tablemates. The point is the afternoon together as much as the cards.

Never played — or a little rusty?

No problem at all. The two games are quick to learn and take a lifetime to master, and this hub is built to help you feel at home before you ever sit down:

  1. 1Read How to Play Cribbage or How to Play Hearts — each walks through the deal, the play, and the scoring in plain English.
  2. 2Cribbage scoring trips up everyone at first. The Cribbage Hand Counter lets you pick a hand and see exactly where every point comes from.
  3. 3Skim Helpful Terms so words like nobs, the crib, and shooting the moon feel familiar — then just show up and play.
💡 Don't worry about being perfect. As Jack London put it, "Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well." Nobody at our tables expects a flawless game — they expect a good time.

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