Usually there are four people in a common hand and foot game and they play as two teams against each other but if you have six friends, you can also play this game with three partners in each team.Ĭode of rules and regulations for Hand and Foot Scoring: No player can play foot deal before the hand deal is over. In simple words, hand and foot is a card game where every player has two sets of cards and the first deal that is made is known as the hand and second deal is called foot. The interesting thing about this card game that is related to Canasta is that there are no standard rules and regulations but because of so many people worked on the rules, people usually have the choice to use various sets of regulations. This game is commonly known as North American Card game because it originated somewhere in the North. Along with many card games including poker and rum, there is another popular game called Hand and Foot.