Card games?

Question

Hello, I am a sophomore male, 17 years old. I frequently go on school trips and we have alot of waiting times in hotels. Some of my friends say "hey, lets play poker or texas holdem or BS". I was never taught to play most card games so i have no clue to what is going on, and im left out.

Now to the question. What are the card games that a normal high school male should know how to play? I would also appreciate it if you could talk a little about or leave a link to a website on how to play each game.

THANKS

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Answer 1

Spades

and Domino's

Spades

-Number of Players: Two+; four is the most common number of players in teams of two ("Partnership spades")

The Deck: Standard 52 card deck, can also be played with one or two jokers and/or predetermined cards removed. With 6+ players, a second deck is often used.

Rank of Suit: Spades always trump. Other suits have no intrinsic value, however a card of the suit led in the current trick or "book" will beat a card of any other suit except Spades.

Rank of cards (descending): Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. There is a variation where all 2s count as the highest spades, in which the order is 2 of Hearts (highest card), 2 of Clubs, 2 of Diamonds, 2 of Spades, then all the rest of the spades, Ace through 3. There is another variation, when playing with the Jokers, the 2 of diamonds and the 2 of spades are high trumps, the Ace, King, and so on. There is a variation where the Aces can be called high (14) or low (1).

There is a variation with just two jokers, which is the highest spade. Another variation has the 2 of diamonds and hearts taken out with 2 jokers added in, maintaining 52 cards in the deck. One joker will be the big joker and the other one the little joker, marked by either the colored joker being big and the black-and-white joker being little, or just writing on the jokers which is which. The ranking for spades goes Joker(big), Joker(little), Duece, Ace, and so on. This makes the 2 of clubs the lowest ranking card.

Similar to the variation above, there is a variation in which no cards are discarded but instead a 2 or 6 card kiddy is placed at center. Whoever gets dealt the 2 of clubs gets the kiddy and discards the same amount of cards. The discard counts as a trick and introduces more uncertainty in bids because usually the person with the kiddy tries to void one suit and trump earlier in the game.

Object of the game: accumulate the most points; points are accrued by winning at least the number of tricks or "books" bid in each hand. There is a variation where the object is not to lose - the loser having an amusing penalty

not a card game but

DOMINOS-Common games

Most domino games are block games or draw games. In draw games, players take part in the bone election, drawing from the boneyard when they have no matching, the bossman then reshuffles the bones before the final deal. In this case, the player with the highest double must lead by playing that double. If no player has a double, the heaviest bone is played. Playing the first bone of a hand is sometimes called setting the first bone, leading the first bone, downing the first bone, or posing the first bone, and the bone so set, led, downed, or posed is called the set, the lead, the down, or the pose. Dominoes afficinadoes often call this procedure smacking the bone down. After the first hand, the winner of the previous hand is usually the leader for the next. After the final shuffle the bones are dealt; each player in turn draws the number of bones required (7). The stock of bones left behind is called the boneyard, and the bones therein are said to be sleeping. The player with the highest double leads with that double and, if no player has a double, the hand is reshuffled and redealt.

The next player, and all players in turn, must play a bone with an end that matches one of the open ends of the layouts. Play continues until one of the players goes out (and calls "out!" or "domino!") and wins the hand. Or until all the players are blocked and no legal plays are left. This is in some areas referred to as a lockdown. If all the players are blocked, or locked out the player with the lowest hand wins. .

In block games, players who cannot match on their turn must forfeit the turn by knocking (passing), accomplished by tapping twice on the table or by saying, "go" or "pass". In draw games, players who cannot match must draw bones from the boneyard until obtaining a playable bone. If the boneyard is exhausted, the player knocks.

In games where points are accrued, the winning player scores a point for each pip on each bone still held by each opponent. If no player went out, however, and the win was determined by the lightest hand, the winning player sometimes scores a point for each pip on each bone still held by each opponent, and sometimes only the excess held by opponents. A game is generally played to 100 points, the tally being kept with paper and pencil. In more common games, mainly urban rules, games are played to 150 or 250 points and are tallied by creating houses, where the beginning of the house (the first ten points) is a large +, the next ten points are O, and scoring with a 5 is a /, and are placed in the four 'corners' of the house.In some areas, if a lockdown occurs then the first person to call the lockdown will gain the other players bones and add the amount of the pips to their house.

[edit] Games using more dominoes

With bigger domino sets, especially with the Double Fifteens and Double Eighteens, it is possible to have more players. Double 9s is good for 4 to 6 players and each player would start with 7 dominoes in their hand. Double 12s, 15s, and 18s are good for up to 10 to 15 players, each with 7 dominoes. If you have fewer players and more dominoes, start with more dominoes in each player's hand, but leave enough dominoes in the bone pile to draw from. When using the larger sets, make sure you have plenty of playing room as they can spread out considerably.

Double 6s = 8 rounds, double 9s = 10 rounds, double 12s = 13 rounds, double 15s = 16 rounds, double 18s = 19 rounds.

[edit] Other games

There are also a variety of other games played with dominoes. Some are simple memory games like Concentration (based on the card game of same name), some are complex, and some are simple solitaire games. Common games include Private Trains and Chicken Foot.

A popular domino game in Texas is 42. The game is similar to the card game spades. It is played with four players paired into teams. Each player draws seven dominoes, and the dominoes are played into tricks. Each trick counts as 1 point, and any domino with a multiple of 5 dots counts toward the total of the hand. 35 points of "five count" + 7 tricks = 42 points, hence the name.

Also, in the Caribbean, there are other common games which involve four players in which the players can play as partners or as individuals. In partners, the partners sit across from each other and all hands can not be seen by the other players. The game is started by shuffling the dominoes or 'cards' and each player pulling seven cards. The double six is then played and play continues to the starter's right side. If a player can not play then he is passed and it is the next player's turn. The object is for a team to win by one of the players running out of dominoes. The winning team is awarded a point and then restart the process by shuffling and pulling a new hand and then starting with any domino either partner wishes to play. The game goes on till one team reaches six points. Double points are awarded when you get 'key'. This happens when your last card is the only card that can be played on both ends. Also when a player pulls five doubles all players put their dominoes back and pull new hands, the following game is played for 2 points and the double six is started by the player who has it. This variation is called Partners, where the other variation is called Cut-Throat, where each player plays for himself, in which all the same rules apply as in partners. This form of dominoes is most common in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_(g...

here are links to the rules of the 3 you mentioned specifically.....don't be afraid to ask a friend to teach you the games they normally play; i'm sure they'd be happy to help :)

Answer 3

Card and Board Games

http://www.gamedmoz.org/English/Card-and...