The players take turns doing this in a clockwise manner until a jack is placed on the pile.

At this point, any and all players may attempt to slap the pile with the hand they didn't use to place the card; the first player to cover the stack with their hand takes the pile, shuffles it, and adds it to the bottom of their stack.

When a player has run out of cards, they have one more chance to slap a jack and get back in the game, but if they fail, they are out.

In a popular variation with a regular deck, the person covering the cards must simultaneously say "Slapjack!"

Play proceeds with the players taking it in turns to remove a card from the top of their stack and place it face-up on a pile in front of them.

In a variation, better suited to younger children, cards are played onto a single shared stack, and players call "snap!"

[4] This variation is played with a traditional deck of cards and complications are added as to appeal to a slightly older demographic.

A standard 54 (including jokers) deck of cards is dealt face down to the players.