Card-playing record attempt comes up short

The Wayne Rotary Foundation in Livonia, Mich., held a euchre tournament Saturday that attracted 589 entrants, only about half the number needed to snag the record, The Detroit News reported.

"We fell short," rotary President Robert Gilbert told the gathered players, "but you're going to have a good time. I really thought we could do it."

The record was set in 2008 in Mostoles, Spain, where 1,024 people played a card game called Mus, the Detroit Free Press said.

Euchre is a trick-taking card game most commonly played with four people in two partnerships.

Gilbert said the game is a "Midwest thing."

"It's Michigan, it's Ontario, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana," he said.

With a $25 fee to play, Rotary organizers said they hoped to raise $15,000 for community groups and projects, the Free Press reported.

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