GameRules
1.Eachplayerbeginswith5cardsgivenatrandom(thatarenotshowntotheothers)andthebasicobjectiveofthegameistohavethelowestpossibletotalcountwiththecardsyouhold.Allfacecardsholdavalueof10andAceis1.
2.Whenit’syourturn,youwillhavetheoptionofdiscardingoneormoreofyourcards,andpickinguponecardfromthefloor(anopencard)orthedeck(closedcard)
3.Inordertothrowmorethanonecard,theymustbeeither:•Pairs—Forexample:apairofkings(2kings),ortwopairsofkings(4kings).3ofakindCANNOTbediscarded•Asequenceof3or5cards—Forexample2,3,4or6,7,8,9,10orJackQueenKing.TheAcecanbeusedbeforeatwo(Ace,two,three)orafteraking(queen,king,ace)butNOTboth(king,ace,two)•Aflush—whichisall5cardsofthesamesuit.
4.Aplayercanpickupanyofthecardsthepersonimmediatelybeforehimdiscarded(opencards)oraclosedcardfromthedeck.Forinstance,PlayerAdiscardeda7,8,9.PlayerB,playingrightafterPlayerA,canpickanyofthesecards.
5.Onceaplayerfeelshiscardsarelowenough,hecanDECLAREonhisturn,whichmeansallplayersmustdisclosetheircardsandtheirtotalscores.Aplayercannotdeclareinthefirstroundandintheroundhehasalreadyplayed.
6.Thescoresarecalculatedbydeductingthedeclaredplayer’stotal,fromalltheotherplayers’totals.Forinstance,PlayerAdeclaredwithascoreof10,whilePlayersBandChadcountsof16and17respectively,thereforethescoresfortheroundare:PlayerA-0,PlayerB-6andPlayerC-7.
7.However,ifaplayerdeclareswithascorethatisnotthelowestamongstalltheotherplayers,allplayersgetacountof0,excepttheplayerwhoFALSELYDECLARED.Thisplayerreceivesa20pointpenalty,plusthedifferencebetweenhim/herandthelowestcountonthetable.Forinstance,ifplayerAdeclaredwith10,whileplayerBandChadcounts8and15respectively,PlayerAwouldreceiveapenaltyof20+(10-8)=22.
8.Thefirstpersontocrossaparticularpointthreshold(25,50,100)isknockedout.Atip:trystrategicallyplanningbyformingsequencesandpairstobenefitfromthrowingmorethanonecardatatime;reducingthetotalnumberofcardswillleadtoareductioninthetotalcount.