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Overview

• Standard 52-card pack.
• Suit high ⇨ low: ​♠​♥​♣​♦.
• Rank high ⇨ low: 2AKQJ109876543.
• Number of cards in each player's hand is always visible.
• First player to play all their cards wins and immediately ends the game.
• Remaining players ranked by fewest cards in hand.

The play

• Counter-clockwise turn order.
• 3♦ plays first, either by itself or as part of a combination.
• Cards are placed face-up.
• Plays must be the same number of cards as the lead.
• Each play must be stronger than the last.
• A player can always choose to pass or play on their turn.
• The winner leads the next play.

Combinations

• Highest rank wins.
• Suit breaks ties.

#	Combination	Example
1	Single	K♠ > K♥
2	Pair	J♠J♦ > J♥J♣
3	Triple	2♥2♣2♦ > 3♠3♥3♦
5	Straight sequence	9♦8♦7♦6♦5♣ > 8♠7♠6♠5♠4♥
	Flush same suit	9♦6♦5♦4♦3♦ > 8♠7♠6♠5♠3♠
	Full House triple + pair	4♥4♣4♦J♠J♦ > 3♠3♥3♦Q♠Q♦
	Four-of-a-kind + One	2♠2♥2♣2♦J♣ > 3♠3♥3♣3♦Q♣
	Straight Flush	8♥7♥6♥5♥4♥ > 7♠6♠5♠4♠3♠

Options

Number of rounds

5

10

20

Scoring

Cumulative scoring

• All players get penalty points which can be multiplied based on the number of cards left.

Winner takes all

• All players pay the winner points which can be multiplied based on the number of cards left.

Pay to higher ranks

• Players pay all higher-ranked players points which can be multiplied based on the number of cards left.

First player

Lowest card

• The holder of the lowest card starts a round. The first player must include the lowest card in the first play.

Round winner

• The holder of the lowest card starts the first round, then the winner of the previous round starts the next round.
• The first player may play any combination except the first round.

Base penalty calculation

Number of cards

• The base penalty is 1 point per card.

Rank of cards

• The base penalty is the sum of card ranks (3: 1 point, ..., 2: 13 points).

1

• The base penalty is always 1 point.

Fours and Straight flushes are bombs

• Four with a single or straight flush can be played against any combination except higher bombs.

Automatic turn skip

• The game checks only public information to determine whether a player has any chance of beating the current combination regardless of the cards in hand.
• If all relevant higher cards are discarded already, the turn is skipped automatically.