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Cotton describes a variation called running all-fours played to a score of 31 points and in which the dealer scored the value of the trump turn-up e.g. 3 points for turning a king. [ 1 ] Classic all fours (modern rules)
Pitch (or "high low jack") is an American trick-taking game equivalent to the British blind all fours which, in turn, is derived from the classic all fours (US: seven up). Historically, pitch started as "blind all fours", a very simple all fours variant that is still played in England as a pub game. [ 1 ]
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Cinch, also known as Double Pedro or High Five, is an American trick-taking card game of the all fours family derived from Auction Pitch via Pedro. [1] Developed in Denver, Colorado in the 1880s, [2] it was soon regarded as the most important member of the all fours family in the USA, but went out of fashion with the rise of Auction Bridge. [3]
All four or All fours may refer to: All fours (human position) All fours (card game), 17th-century game still played today that gave rise to the All Fours family; A concept in commanding precedent; All Fours, by Bosse-de-Nage; On All Fours, album; All Fours, a 2024 novel by Miranda July
Pedro is an American trick-taking card game of the all fours family based on auction pitch.Its most popular variant is known as cinch, double Pedro or high five which was developed in Denver, Colorado, around 1885 [1] and soon regarded as the most important American member of the all fours family.
Players can even choose to deal all 25 cards face-up before beginning placement. This gives more flexibility, and gives players the opportunity to produce higher scoring hands on the grid. Scoring is the same as Poker Squares, but under these rules a winning score is 120 points in the English system and 310 points in the American system. [5]
A flush is a hand that contains five cards all of the same suit, not all of sequential rank, such as K ♣ 10 ♣ 7 ♣ 6 ♣ 4 ♣ (a "king-high flush" or a "king-ten-high flush"). [19] It ranks below a full house and above a straight. [5] Under ace-to-five low rules, flushes are not possible (so J ♥ 8 ♥ 4 ♥ 3 ♥ 2 ♥ is a jack-high ...