The Penguin Book of Card Games: Everything You Need to Know to Play Over 250 Games (200 page)

plain suit A suit other than trumps.

plain-trick games Games in which win or loss is determined by the

number of tricks taken, regardless of their content (as opposed to

point-trick games).

point (1) The smal est unit of value, score or reckoning. In various

games distinctions may be drawn between card-points, which are

scoring values at ached to certain cards; score-points, which are

points credited to a player’s account; and game points, which

might loosely be described as ‘bundles’ of score-points and may

be af ected by other bonuses. (2) The total face value of al cards

held of any one suit (Piquet).

point-trick games Trick-games in which win or loss is determined

not by the number of tricks taken but by the total value of

counters contained in them (as opposed to plain-trick games).

Sometimes cal ed ‘complex trick’ games.

pool See pot.

pot A sum of money or equivalent, to which everyone contributes

pot A sum of money or equivalent, to which everyone contributes

initial y or throughout play, and which is eventual y awarded (in

whole or part) to the winner.

prial (pair royal) Three cards of the same rank; a triplet.

rank (1) the denomination of a card as opposed to its suit. (2) The

relative trick-taking power of a card, e.g. ‘Ace ranks above King’.

rearhand In three-hand games, the player with least priority, or

youngest. (This wil be the dealer if there are only three at the

table.)

renege To fail to fol ow suit to the card led, but legal y, exercising a

privilege granted by the rules of the game.

renounce Strictly, to play a card of any dif erent suit from that led,

hence the same as renege if done legal y, or revoke if not.

Loosely, to play a non-trump when unable to fol ow suit, thereby

renouncing al hope of winning the trick.

revoke To fail to fol ow suit to the card led, though able and

required to, thereby incurring a penalty.

rif le A method of shuf ling. The pack is divided into two halves

which are placed corner to corner, lifted, and al owed to fal

rapidly together so that they interleave.

round A period or phase of play in which everyone has had the

same number of opportunities to deal, bid, play to a trick, etc.

round game One playable by an indefinite number of players,

typical y from three to seven.

rubber A match consisting (typical y) of three games, and therefore

won by the first side to win two.

ruf (1) To play a trump to a plain-suit lead. (2) Old term for a

flush.

run Same as a sequence.

sans prendre A bid to play with the hand as dealt, without benefit

of exchanging, thereby increasing the dif iculty and scoring value

of the game. sequence A scoring combination consisting of three

or more cards in numerical

sequence or ranking order. shuf le To randomize the order of cards

sequence or ranking order. shuf le To randomize the order of cards

in the pack. See also rif le. singleton A card which is the only one

of its suit in a given hand. skat German term for two undealt

cards forming a talon or widow. slam Grand slam: winning every

trick. Smal slam: winning every trick bar one. soft score Score

kept in writing or on a scoring device, as opposed to cash or

counters (hard score).

solo (1) A contract played with the hand as dealt, without

exchanging any cards. (2) A contract played alone against the

combined ef orts of al the other players.

soloist One who plays a solo.

spread A hand of cards spread face up; same as ouvert.

squeeze In trick-taking games, a situation in which a player is

forced to weaken himself in either of two suits but has no way of

deciding which to play from.

stock Cards which are not dealt initial y but may be drawn from or

dealt out later in the play.

stops Cards which terminate a sequence, in games of the Stops

family (Newmarket, Pope Joan, etc.); or those which are not

dealt initial y and whose absence from play prevents the

completion of sequences.

straddle An obligatory stake made, before any cards are dealt, by

the second player around, the first having put up an ante.

straight In Poker, a five-card sequence.

suit A series of cards distinguished by the presence of a common

graphic symbol throughout; or, the symbol (suitmark) itself.

talon The undealt portion of the pack; same as stock. (French,

meaning (1) heel, (2) the residue of a loaf when one or more

slices have been cut from it.)

team Two or more playing as one; a partnership.

tourné(e) A bid or contract to turn the top card of the stock and

entrump whatever suit it belongs to.

trey The Three of any suit.

trick A round of cards consisting of one played by each player.

trick A round of cards consisting of one played by each player.

trump (from triumph) (1) A superior suit, any card of which wil

beat any card of a plain suit. (2) To play a trump to a plain-suit

lead; to ruf .

turn-up A card turned up at start of play to determine the trump

suit.

undertrick A trick less than the number bid or contracted.

upcard A card lying face up on the table, or the faced top card of

the waste-pile at Rummy, Patience, etc.

void Having no card of a given suit.

vole The winning of every trick; same as slam.

vulnerable (Bridge) Describes a side which, having won one game

towards the rubber, is subject to increased scores or penalties.

waste-pile A pile of discards, usual y face up, as at Rummy,

Patience, etc.

widow A hand of cards dealt face down to the table at start of play

and not belonging to any particular player. One or more players

may subsequently exchange one or more cards with it.

wild card One that may be used to represent any other card,

sometimes with certain restrictions. Typical y the Joker in

Rummy games, Deuces in Poker.

younger, –est The player last in turn to bid or play at the start of a

game (usual y, in practice, the dealer).

Index of games

45 (Twenty-Five), 107

500 Rum, 529

Abstrac, 607

Acey-Deucey (Yablon), 600

à la Découverte (Belote Marseil aise), 313

Alkort, 348

Al Fives, 177

Al Fours, 176

Al iance, 65

Almonte Euchre, 99

Alsós (Kaláber), 308

Aluet e, 131

American Five Hundred, 103

American Sheepshead, 231

American Solo (Six-Bid), 242

American Whist, 21

Anarchy, 635

Arlington, 531

Army and Navy Pinochle, 302

Arsehole, 455

Ashush (Basra), 416

Asshole (Arsehole), 455

Asszorti, 76

Auction Cinch, 185

Auction Cribbage, 428

Auction Cribbage, 428

Auction Euchre, 98

Auction Forty-Fives, 109

Auction Hearts, 139

Auction Manil e, I, 190

Auction Manil e, I , 191

Auction Manil e, I I, 191

Auction Pinochle (see Pinochle) Auction Piquet, 165

Auction Pitch (Pitch), 178

Auction Sixty-Six, 263

Auction Solo, 51

Augenramsch, 156

Authors, 398

Avinas, 238

Baccara, 597

Baccarat (Baccara), 597

Bambara (Primiera), 583

Barbu, 142

Bartok, 449

Basebal , 564

Basic Rummy (Rummy), 490

Basra, 416

Bassadewitz, 157

Bassarovitz (Bassadewitz), 157

Basset, 604

Bastard, 395, 580

Bat le, 392

Bavarian Tarock, 244

Beast (Bête), 110

Beat Your Neighbour, 574

Beat Your Neighbour Out of Doors, 392

Bedsprings, 566

Beggar-My-Neighbour (Beat Your

Neighbour Out of Doors), 392

Neighbour Out of Doors), 392

Bela (Klaberjass), 305

Belgian Whist, 49

Belote, 310

Belote Bridgée, 314

Belote Coinchée (Coinche), 314

Belote Contrée (Coinche), 314

Belote Marseil aise, 313

Best, Flush, and Thirty-One, 587

Best Flush, 574

Bester Bube (‘Best Boy’), 105

Bête, 110

Between the Sheets (Yablon), 600

Bezique, 287

Fildinski (Polish Bezique), 291

Multi-pack variants, 291

Single, 293

Bid Euchre, 97

Bid Whist, 25

Binage (Single Bezique), 293

Binocle, 303

Binokel, 303

Bisca, 253

Bismarck, 37

Black Jack (Switch), 448

Blackjack, 594

Black Lady (Hearts), 135

Black Maria, 139

‘Black Maria’ (Mustamaija), 473

Blackout (Oh Hel !), 85

Bleeding Hearts (Bugami), 624

Blind Cinch, 186

Block Rummy, 492

Bloodystump (Egyptian Ratscrew), 393

Boathouse Rum, 492

Boathouse Rum, 492

Bog (Poque), 589

Bohemian Schneider, 254

Bolivia, 523

Bondtolva, 266

Bondtolva for 3-4

players, 266

Booby, 16

Boodle (Michigan), 440

Boston, 52

de Fontainebleau, 52

Bouil ot e, 586

Bourre, 115

Brag, 577

Bastard, 580

Five-Card, 579

Nine-Card, 579

Seven-Card, 579

Three-Card, 578

Three-Stake, 580

Brandle, 113

Braus (Brus), 341

Brazilian Canasta, 525

Brelan, 587

Bridge, 1

Booby, 16

Brint, 13

Chicago, 12

Contract, 1

Cut-throat, 15

Double Dummy, 17

Draw and Discard, 17

Honeymoon, 17

Memory, 18

Nul o, 13

Nul o, 13

Pirate, 14

Reverse, 13

Rubber, 3

Single Dummy, 17

Three-handed, 15

Towie, 16

Two-handed, 17

Brint, 13

Brisca, 254

Briscan, 265

Briscola (Brisca), 251

Briscola Chiamata, 252

Briscolone, 253

Brisque (Briscan), 265

British Oh Hel !, 86

Brus, 341

Brusquembil e, 253

Buddha’s Fol y, 574

Bugami, 624

Bul shit (Cheat), 482

Bum Game (Arsehole), 455

Bura, 255

Bust (Oh Hel !), 85

Butcher Boy, 574

Butifarra, 192

Buy Rummy, 510

Calabresel a (Terziglio), 199

California Jack, 177

Cal abra, 418

Cal -Ace Euchre, 98

Cal Rummy, 492

Caloochie (Kaluki), 505

Calypso, 39

Calypso, 39

Canadian Stud, 563

Canasta, 517

Bolivia, 525

Brazilian, 525

Chilean, 525

Cuban, 526

del Uruguay, 524

for five, 523

for six, 524

for three, 523

for two, 523

Hol ywood, 526

Italian, 526

Mexicana, 527

Quinel a, 527

Samba, 524

Tampa, 527

Uruguay, 527

Wild-card (Cuban Canasta), 526

Yucatan, 527

Cancel ation Hearts, 161

Card Dominoes (Domino), 445

Carioca, 509

Carousel, 514

Cassino, 401

Diamond, 404

Draw, 405

Royal, 405

Royal Spade, 405

Spade, 405

Cat and Mouse (Spite and Malice), 540

Catch-the-Ten, 247

Caterpil ar, 609

Cayenne, 22

Cayenne, 22

Cego, 381

Cego for three, 388

Cent (Piquet), 159

Chal enge, 470

Chase the Ace, 482

Cheat, 482

Check Pinochle, 300

Chemin de Fer (Baccara), 597

Chemmy (Baccara), 597

Chicago, 12

Chicago (Flop Poker), 565

Chilean Canasta, 525

Chin-Chón, 501

Chinese Poker, 600

Chinese Ten, 419

Chinese Whist, 24, 38

Chouet e (Piquet), 168

Chouine, 264

Cıcera, 413

Cinch, 183

Cincinnati, 566

Cincinnati Rummy (One-meld

Rummy), 492

Cinq Cents (Klaberjass), 305

Cinq Cents (Single Bezique), 293

Cirul a, 414

Climbing games, 437

Clob (Klaberjass), 305

Clobiosh (Klaberjass), 305

Coinche, 314

Col usion, 625

Comet, 441

Commerce, 395

Commit (Comet), 441

Commit (Comet), 441

Compartment Ful , 533

Concerto, 629

Conjugal Patience, 549

Conquian, 504

Continental Rummy, 534

Contract Pinochle, 301

Contract Piquet, 166

Contract Rummy, 506

Contract Whist, 26

Coon Can (Conquian), 504

Costly Colours, 430

Coteccio, 157

Counterbluf , 610

Counterpique (Contract Piquet), 166

Court Short (Caterpil ar), 609

Crapet e (Russian Bank), 543

Crazy Eights, 446

Cribbage, 423

Auction, 428

Eight-card, 427

Five-card, 427

Four-hand, 428

Losing, 428

Seven-card, 427

Six-card, 423

Three-hand, 428

Cribbage Patience, 428

Cribbage Squares, 553

Crossover, 566

Cross Purposes, 621

Cuban Canasta, 526

Cucumber, 127

Cut-throat Bridge, 15

Czech Rummy, 509

Da Bai Fen (‘Competing for a

Hundred’), 205

Dealer’s Choice, 139

Delphi, 454

Dictated Strategy, 552

Dictation, 551