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The player who won the bidding gets stock (+3 cards), and temporarily has 10 cards. In order to make number of cards even, winner of bidding has to give away by one card to both of the opponent players out of his full hand (10 cards), which cards to give away - is the decision up to the bidding winner. After this every player has eight cards in ...
Secant A few cards in the same suit, starting from Ace. Singleton A hand containing a single card of any suit. Comet When a card is trumped by both opposing players. Invit One player plays the lowest card of the strongest suit, inviting their partner to play the highest card. Sext major Six cards in order, from ace to nine inclusive.
The design of the Russian card decks were derived and influenced by the German card decks as well as the French card decks. Russian cards in the market were divided into three or four categories, depending on the quality of paper and printing: from cheapest decks for laymen through medium quality decks for the Russian middle class to high class ...
The defender attempts to beat the attack card by playing a higher-ranking defending card from their hand. For example, if the attacker plays a 7♠ the defender must play a higher spade such as the 10♠ or a card from the trump suit to defend successfully. The defender must play a higher card of the same suit as the attack card or play a card ...
Bura (Russian: Бура, "cutter") is a Russian ace–ten card game that is "particularly characteristic of Russian prisoners and ex-prisoners. Its alternative name of thirty-one refers to the combination of three trump cards that wins the game. One of the main variants of this game is known as Kozel ("goat") or Bura Kozel.
Due to the additional rules, the game is more complex. The variant "1001 with Bidding" introduces the following changes: In general, the full Skat deck is used; except that, in a four-player game, the two red sevens are taken out. Two cards are dealt to the stock, pott or skat. These cards will go to the highest bidder.
High card: This is the name for a hand in which no two cards match. The ‘high card’ is simply the highest card you have. The ‘high card’ is simply the highest card you have. Betting rounds ...
Vint is a Russian card game similar to both bridge and whist and sometimes called Russian whist. Vint means "screw" in Russian, and the name is given to the game because the four players propose, bid, and overbid each other until one, having bid higher than the others care to, makes the trump, and his vis-a-vis plays as his partner.