Q&A for How to Play Jacks Twos and Eights

Yes, you can have runs in the same suit and pairs.

You can finish on one, but you can't win on it, as the aim is to have no cards remaining.

Yes, but if the next player has a two they can play it and you have to pick up 4.

Yes. If you finish on a jack everyone's points are doubled.

Yes, but if the next player has a two they can play it and you have to pick up 4.

You can’t finish on a trick card and 2 or 8 are tricks. So, the answer is no, you can’t end on them. And yes, you can lay a jack on an 8 if there are just two people. But no more, as 8 is miss a turn and passes to the next person. So if two people are putting down the jack, then you are playing jack and changing suit - but you can’t make this your last card - you would have to pick up again.