Indices and sizes of playing cards. What is it and why? How to choose playing cards? Card names

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Many fans of card games have a question, what and what to look for when choosing a deck. Of course, it is worth determining why you decide to buy playing cards. If you buy as a gift, then you should pay attention to the beautiful design and workmanship playing cards. When buying for yourself, you should pay more attention to the convenience when playing and wear resistance.

There are two main types of playing cards. These are poker sizing and bridge sizing. The poker size of playing cards is most used for various card games and of course poker itself. Such cards have a wide profile and are usually thicker. At the same time, they have significant weight and good wear resistance. The bridge variant is more often used for tricks or solitaire games. They have a narrower profile and feel better in the hand. They also just take up less space, which is convenient when playing solitaire. Of course, there are many more manufacturers of poker-sized cards than bridge-sized ones, and they are more common around the world.

Playing card material.

In total, there are two main materials from which playing cards are made. It's cardboard and plastic. Plastic cards are more durable and serve their owner much longer. Also, the pleasant plastic structure pleasantly strokes the palm, and adds pleasure when playing. Such cards do not crumple and always restore their shape. Also, plastic cards are rarely marked, since it is not so easy to put any kind of serif on them. Playing cards made of cardboard are simpler and have more modest qualities in terms of wear resistance. They wear out quickly and are very afraid of water. In general, a simple deck with frequent play rarely lasts more than a couple of months. After such use, damage appears on it. But of course these cards have their advantages. You can buy cardboard playing cards at a very ridiculous price.

There are also those that are between paper and plastic. These are plastic coated playing cards. The base of the card itself is made of cardboard and is covered with plastic on both sides. This gives such cards some advantages. They have a small mass, good wear resistance and at the same time they will not be as slippery as plastic playing cards.

What is the price for good playing cards?

It is difficult to answer this question precisely, since everyone determines for himself what quality will fully satisfy him and everyone has his own requirements. In general, the most popular models of playing cards can be bought already from 300-400 rubles. They will be made of 100% plastic and have a decent thickness, making them reliable and durable. Among these cards are poker stars playing cards, Texas Hold'em and premium poker. But if you are a sophisticated player, you should pay attention to Fournier and copaq cards, they are of even higher quality and are known all over the world.

You already know about card coatings, paper and embossing. In this article, we will look at the rest of the characteristics. Go!

How many cards are in the deck

Many from childhood used to having 36 cards in a deck. In principle, to play the fool, goat, borax or point, this is quite enough. But if you decide to do magic tricks or cardistry, get used to the fact that A "full" deck must always contain 54 cards– 52 from deuce to ace of all 4 suits + 2 jokers.

Playing card size

There are two main sizes of playing cards: "poker" and "bridge".

Poker card size - length: 88.9 mm; width: 63.5 mm.
Bridge card size - length: 88.9 mm; width: 57.15 mm.

Poker-sized cards are also often referred to as "poker cards", emphasizing their size rather than the fact that they are only suitable for playing poker.

By the same logic, "bridge" decks are called "bridge cards".

By the way A: There is only one kind of bridge size deck in our store, this is . All other poker-sized cards are the ones most often used for tricks.

Thanks to the greater width, tricks with poker-sized decks look bigger. It is much more convenient to work with such cards.

But "bridge decks" are rarely used in tricks. Their main use is card games, in which you need to keep a large number of cards in your hand. For example: bridge, preference, rummy, whist.

IMPORTANT! Don't start learning tricks or cardistry with bridge-sized cards, even if you think your hands are too small for poker cards. Then it will be very difficult to relearn!

Index. Large or small?

The index of the card is the image of its denomination in the corner. The deck index can be small (it is also called standard - standard index) and large (jumbo index).

Here's what it looks like standard index:

But large index:

So, decks with a large index are not recommended. It looks unaesthetic and ugly. Large index - for the game. That is why such cards are used in all casinos and poker rooms.

But decks with a standard index are ideal for tricks and cardistry - the images are not striking, and the fans look very neat.

Conclusion: For tricks, choose only cards with a standard index.

Conclusion

If you have read this one to the end, congratulations - now you know all the necessary information about playing cards and their properties. The case is small - try different decks in action, and choose your own.

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Baccarat - A

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Baccarat - B

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lamb head

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Bezique

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permanent shop

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blonde and brunette

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big marriage

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Bonjour, madam - sorry, monsieur

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Boston

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boston of fontainebleau

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Bridge

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Bura

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Bura (Open) - B

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Witch

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Great Mystery

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Do you believe - do not believe (1)

A game with this name exists in two completely different types of drawing. Another type - "Believe it or not (2)" - is given in the section "Games based on discarding cards ...

Believe - do not believe (2) - A

Players unlimited. Any deck. All cards are dealt one at a time. After distribution and in progress games each of players drops four cards of the same value that he has in his hands: for example, four kings ...

Believe - do not believe (2) - B

This version differs from the previous one in that cards one dignity is not demolished. The player on his turn can say not only “I don’t believe”, but also “I believe”. In the second case, it checks...

Believe - do not believe (2) - V

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Eternal Jew (eternal wanderer)

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Victoria

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Screw with nut

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Double entry screw with screw bits

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Screw with double stock, powder and nail

Screw with debris

Transfer screw

Buy-in screw

Screw with stock, powder and nail

Screw-vitalin

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War

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Piper

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Divination

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eight wise men

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Every trump card - A

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Every trump card - B

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Harem

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Garibald

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Puzzle

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Slide

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Ladies somersault

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two rings

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Deberts

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Nine

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Nine mixed

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Ninth Wave

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Demon

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Joker

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Dominoes

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Dreyfus

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Fool (Armenian)

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Fool English

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Road Fool

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Fool piled - A

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Fool piled - B

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Fool revolving

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Fool transferable (With refusal) - B

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Fool transfer - A

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Fool toss

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Fool simple - B

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Simple Fool - V

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fool czech

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Fool Japanese - A

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Fool Japanese - B

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Catherine the Great

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Onlooker (Pig) - B

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Gawker - A

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Gawker - V

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Green glade

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Quadrille

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Kaleidoscope

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caneste

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Caneste - A

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Caneste - B

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Kare

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card lottery

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Card Lottery - B

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king

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King Atomic

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King Custom

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King Card Domino Fantan

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King Omnibus

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King Polignac

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King Simple

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King with jokers

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King with trade

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domino king

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Kitty Kitty

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Goat

In this variant, the trump card suit- always suit first cards the player behind the dealer. Delivery strictly one by one map round....

Goat - A

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Goat - B

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goat-borax

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ending

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royal retinue

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Royal

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kings

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King Albert

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Fortress

Unfolding this antique solitaire for over 100 years. Solitaires of this type are distinguished by the fact that from the very beginning everything cards in plain sight and their solution depends mainly on the ability to calculate moves much ahead. Complete deck out of 52 kart meticulously...

Kun-kin (Big) - A

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Kun-kin (Big) - B

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Kun-kin (Funken)

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Kun-kin - V

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Chicken

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Landsknecht

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lion and sun

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Cure for boredom

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Leopard

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Ladder

Three to four people play with a deck of 36 kart(possible options games and a deck of 52 cards). All participants are dealt five kart and one card is revealed in the middle of the table. The rest of the cards are placed next to it.

Lottery - lotto

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Macau

The game is monotonous, but not very boring, perhaps due to the fact that it play without a record, but with pure money. Number players in macau unlimited: from 2 to 10 and even more. Two full (from ace to deuce) mixed decks are played. Sitting down...

small piano

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Marriage of a fortune teller

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Melniki

"Family" the game last century. Served to fill the leisure time of adults and children. Disappeared in the 20th century. Not currently found. There are two or four players. Deck of 36 cards. To each player are dealt three cards. The trump card is opened and placed on the table...

Metamorphosis

AT game new methods are used for us, for example, a loan from another deck (not "internal" and not "foreign"). Each of two or three players in addition to the distributed map m gets an ace...

Metternich

Not very accurate historical sources link this solitaire with the name of Metternich. Kings are eliminated from a full deck, then seven open kart in the form of a horseshoe. They are used in...

front sight

Pleasant, uncomplicated, without complex rules and not burdensome for amateurs' pockets kart the game. It's one of those easy games where you can have side conversations or listen to music. Accounts and records too...

Fly Piggy Bank

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Fly Lenturlu

It is assumed that this game invented by Cardinal Mazarin. Louis XIV loved her so much that he named the dwarf Lenturlue after his favorite jester. AT game used before...

Fly Lenturlu - B

The variant differs from the "Fly Lenturlu" variant. by the fact that the player who first placed the king takes all the money from the "lenturl". Rest points players are counted. The winner takes from the rest players in...

Fly Lenturlu - V

The variant differs from the "Mushka Lenturlu - B" variant in that instead of counting points player, the first to lay the king, each of players pays a certain amount of money....

Mistigri fly

The mistigri fly is also almost no different from the ordinary fly, but the king of clubs has an advantage in it. Its value is exactly the same as the ace of spades in the ordinary. He, in the absence of clubs suits, can be covered with a trump card ...

Pamphil fly

The pamphil fly is played in exactly the same way as the ordinary fly, but the jack of clubs appears in it, which is called the pamfil. The player to whom the pamfil came is insured against remise. Will the trump cards be spades, diamonds, hearts or t...

fly cracker

Its difference from an ordinary fly is that the dealer does not open a trump card, but trump the suit is always spade. In it, they also discard cards, buy in the same way, and also deal 5 kart to each player and the same is going on...

Napoleon

Cards from a full deck are all immediately laid out on the table open. First map from the deck determines the value of the base kart(there will be 4 in total) and is placed in the center. To the right and left of it are two main squares - 4 rows of 5 cards, ...

Napoleon

This the game was widespread at the beginning of the 20th century. Later it was undeservedly forgotten. Players - from 2 to 6 people. Deck - 36 sheets. A short is placed in the middle of the table...

Right and left

After carefully shuffling the two decks, they are laid out one at a time. map right and left. If, putting so cards on both sides, you will see that they are paired, then they need to be reset. When all cards laid out, then them again ...

Ordinary Double Solitaire

Two players each take one full deck kart. From the deck, a pack (coupon) of ten cards is separated for themselves, putting them with a speck up. Then one player reveals the first card, which will be a common base card for both. She lays out in the middle ...

Odessa poker

Quantity players and deck by analogy with the option "Opendaum". AT deck two cards(usually two black sixes) are checks and can beat any card the player wants or have their own value....

Opendaum

The deck is selected depending on the number of players. At game two together - 32 sheets, three together - 36 sheets, four together - 32 or 36 sheets, five together - 30 sheets (without two six ...

A donkey

They can play even preschoolers. An attention game for children 7-12 years old. Quantity players- more than two. From the deck is selected four times more maps than players. Cards are selected four of the same value. ...

From nothing to do

Shuffling one deck of 32 cards, lay out 3 rows of 3 cards. Then they draw another card at random to find out where to start, and put it on the right, as a base card. They pick her up cards by rank and put side by side. If there are similar cards in three rows,...

Point (Twenty-one) - A

Number players not limited. AT deck 36 cards. Each map has a certain digital value: Ace - 11, King - 4, Queen - 3, Jack - 2, ten and further in dignity. Meaning games: score twenty-one on your own map x ("point&raqu...

Point (Twenty-one) - B

This variation differs from the "Point (Twenty-one) - A" variation in that there is no trimming. Played cards can be placed under the bottom of the deck or discarded into a separate deck. By the eye...

Point (Twenty-one) - B

Quantity players not limited. For games two mixed decks of 52 sheets are used (104 sheets in total). Ace at the request of the player counts as one or eleven points, figures - ten points, the rest cards ...

peacock tail

First of all, four stores of ten are placed kart without any choice. Aces make up the base cards and are placed in a semicircle above the shops as they go out. None map from the shops is not laid out for aces until all other cards ...

Paganini (carpet)

We are talking about a whole group of similar solitaire games, one of which was named Paganini because the great musician Niccolò Paganini was very fond of playing it. Posted here solitaire belong to that amazing type of logical puzzles that, according to ...

Pentagon

This variant (predominantly distributed in the southern regions of Russia) differs from the "Pharaoh - B" variant. because cards are put only in the suit. Can't put cards of the same denomination, for example, on the king of clubs, the king of tambourines, etc. Exception...

Rooster - A

Before the beginning games players agree on how much points write-off begins. Usually from 15 points. Players 2 - 5 people. Deck of 36 cards. Rent one to five kart to each. Upper map in the deck left p...

Rooster - B

Unlike the previous option, debiting usually starts from 30 points. You can play on any boys, both of the same color and different colors. With two boys in hand player writes off, except points per bribes, five...

Picket

There are two players. A deck of 32 sheets. They usually play in two decks, i.e. each player deals with his deck. The party consists of two "kings". Each king from two games. Before the start of each dealer is determined by map m. Pulling out the younger &md...

Norman picket

There are three players. A deck of 32 sheets. Deal ten cards. Two cards are placed in the purchase after the delivery, which is intended only for the deliverer. The first move belongs player sitting to the left of the dealer. Everyone becomes a dealer...

Poker

This the game originated in America in 1835. spread throughout the world and is now one of the most popular games peace. It came to us only in the middle of the 20th century. Found in individual companies, but competition with st...

Polish bank

Number players not limited. They play in two mixed decks of 52 sheets (104 in total). The banker bets the bank. Rent one to three to everyone except the banker. The first player looking at his cards...

Psyance Rules - Triads

Under the general name, here is a series of solitaire games of varying degrees of difficulty, designed for a different number of kart in a deck: 36, 52 and 104 sheets. What all these solitaire games have in common is that, at the initial layout groups of three cards are formed, hence the name, and ...

Preference

This the game came to Russia at the beginning of the 19th century, successfully withstood the competition with whist, interest in it either fell or increased, preference changed, giving rise to varieties of rules (over time, two of them are clearly formed differently ...

Hussar preference

At game are guided by the general rules of ordinary preference, it is always played in the dark, that is kart never open and only two. The deck consists of 24 cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine. Cards are dealt ten per game...

Decimal preference

Decimal game. Although the records are unfair, but thanks to easy calculations, players they are preferred. Games with calculations by this method are played out twice as fast as with a simple account. General regulations pref...

Prefirance with a cauldron

Boiler game. In this preference, shafts are not placed in any game, not in a chicken, but are added together in a special box office called a boiler. The cauldron depicts the middle of the table, where everyone...

Chicken preference

Chicken game. Hens are called exhibitions and shafts, which are used by all players. The remise and the exhibition are written above the recording, in a specially designated place. Everyone who played game removes from his chicken the number that he writes off from the games ...

Prefirance with minuses

The game with minuses. Miser is the game no bribes. There are large and small minuscule. Similar the game interrupts every simple game. Who played a big minuscule, that is, who did not take a single bribes, writes off from the record 10, n ...

Prefirance with evasions

Dodges. Uvert is the game with open map mi. There are large and small overturns. Big dodge interrupts game"seven" in any suits and played without buyback. It can only be interrupted by playing "eight". Small uv...

Travelers

Four kings and four aces are taken out of two decks, which are laid out in two rows on the table, arranging them so that the spade ace was under the king of spades, diamonds - under diamonds, etc. Then the rest are carefully shuffled cards and arrange them in 2 rows ...

Drunkard

Quantity players not limited. Any deck. All cards are dealt one at a time. Received cards players do not look, but collect in deck and lay it face down in front of you. Every...

Drunkard (Giveaway)

They play together. Each player picks up a full deck, the beginner is determined by a draw (throws two cards on the table, whose is higher - he starts). The beginner, having carefully mixed his deck, comes out from the top card, on which ...

five hundred one

This option differs from the previous "Thousand" in that trump announces the one who took the buyback after the auction, after during the draw trump does not change. Marriages are announced after bribes. When a marriage is declared, a move is made from it by the king or queen. Marriage...

Rainbow

For this ancient solitaire two full decks are used kart(104 sheets) gathered together and carefully shuffled. On top of one lay out 26 kart picture up so that you get an arc. Following...

Rams

This the game uncomplicated. Rules its easy to remember. The very first one is to be careful. Rams originates from the front sight, on the rules and laws of which (but greatly simplified) it is built. records, bribes, writing off remises ...

Rams - B

There is a variant of Rams with special rules. For two black or two red jacks in hand, player writes off five points. For four - 10 points. The player with jacks can fold. Showing them when demolishing cards, immediately write off ...

Remick bridge

They play with two full decks with jokers (108 cards). Seniority of cards: from ace to deuce, joker replaces any card. Everyone gets 10 cards, the dealer gets 11. He starts game, discarding the eleventh card into the pot. Players take...

remic gin

The name "remix" is known for a whole group of games that appeared at the end of the last century based on the Mexican games kunken. Remik for players called gin. This the game already more...

remik oklahoma

Played primarily as a remix gin, but each draw sets a maximum number of points, to which you can "knock". This limit is determined by the first...

remik five hundred

From the family of remixes, this the game most of all resembles the rules of kunken. The difference is in the quantity kart on hands. So, one deck without a joker (52 cards) play two to four players. With two players dealt by...

Fatal

A deck of 32, 36 or 52 kart carefully shuffled and spread out of it on the table four cards picture up. If among these four were cards the same suits, then one more card is laid out on them from the deck. Solitaire ud...

Brook

A deck of 52 kart mix thoroughly and begin to lay out one at a time map from left to right picture up. If they are nearby cards one suits, then right map is removed from the row (in the example...

From apartment to apartment

From a well-shuffled deck at 52 cards put on the table six kart speck up. Under this first row, the second row is placed in the same way, and finally one card under both rows. Then you need to split...

Pig

Game for children 5-9 years old. The second name is "wet chicken". This the game is that any deck kart scattered on the table in a heap. Placed horizontally on top of the deck map, on which a hut of two cards is placed. Players start...

Saint Helena

Solitaire is more of a probabilistic than a puzzle type, and therefore its solution does not cause any particular difficulties. Name solitaire sends us back to past times - on an acute ...

Sevens

Tens, nines and eights are removed from a deck of 52 sheets. Thus, it remains deck in 40 sheets. They play two on two. Gives each in turn players ten cards. Seniority kart in the deck: three (the most ...

Sikka (Two sheets) - B

Rules similar game"Sikka (Three sheets) - A", but two cards are dealt. Glasses kart one dignity add up ....

Sikka (Village) - In

The game is similar to "Sikka (Three Leaves) - A", but four cards are dealt. are playing cards on suits regardless of quantity, four cards one value (in some companies there are also three cards), two and three aces. Four cards one suits called...

Sikka (Yedno) - D

The game is similar to the option "Sikka (Three leaves) - A", but ace counts as either 1 point or 14 by agreement. King always - 13 points, lady - 12 points, jack - 11 points....

Sikka (Three leaves) - A

Quantity players- from 2 to 10 people. From the deck (no more than 36 sheets) is selected map(usually a six), which is declared a "check", for example, a six of clubs is a "check". ...

Sikka (Southern option) - G

Deck of 24 sheets (four suits from T to 9 inclusive), no checks. Rules games similar to "Sikka (Three Leaves) - A", but three tens are considered over 30 points in one mass...

Sympathy

Participants receive one deck since 52 map mi and lay them out on the table as follows: 16 heaps, three cards each one is placed on the table. Remaining 4 cards make up stock...

stingray

Skat originated in Germany at the beginning of the 19th century, combining several card games. Enriched with new rules, it turned out to be a very successful game that received international recognition before bridge. Rules its been finally approved in 1...

Skat (Spleen) - V

There are two or four players. A deck of 54 sheets. Deal five cards. The game is different from the option "Picket - B". the fact that the deuce joins the ace. The player does not have the right to put in a row near the deck a card that makes up a layout with those already available. In this case, he must...

Skat - B

This variant is incorrectly called "Canaste" by some players. Players - from 2 to 6 people. Deck - 54 or 108 sheets. Deal six cards. Glasses on...

Skat - G

This variant is incorrectly called "Bridge" by some players. The game is similar to the "Piquet (Normandy)" variant. Differences: six cards are dealt. Changing the joker and taking a card from an open row has a...

Osprey

Players - 2 - 4 people. With four players the game going two by two. Deck - 52 sheets. Deal 4 cards. After putting the top four cards decks open...

Addition

Take one deck at 52 cards and take out from it 1 aces, 2 deuces, 1 three, 2 fours, 1 six and 1 eight. These cards stacked on the table as follows: ace, deuce, ...

Sun

Two complete decks are required to solve this logic puzzle kart(104 sheets). unfolds solitaire in three stages. The first stage is the sunrise. 1. The cards are carefully shuffled. From the deck on top, one is taken to ...

Speculator

This the game quite unlike the others. Its uniqueness can attract players with commercial inclinations. In the same time the game very cheerful and interesting in a big company. No more than 10 players. ...

Speculator - B

This option has one single difference from the "Speculator" - trump assigned in the process games. Last after delivery map opens and is placed near the deck. This suit cards- trump suit ....

One hundred

The game consolidates knowledge in the field of basic arithmetic operations. Suitable for schoolchildren of 1-2 grades. The number of participants is three or more. Played with a deck of 32 cards. Each map depending on its dignity, it has a certain amount ...

Stukolka (Required)

No more than five players. In this variant, on the first change, everything players must bet and played. Nobody has the right to pass. On the second change and thereafter, when some players will be sure to be in remise, knock at will and pass at will. If the play remise...

Stukolka (With loach)

Players from 4 to 7 people. The one who drew the lowest card chooses a place and deals first, the rest sit down in map m. Rent one to three. The move goes to everyone player in turn. After handing over...

Stukolka (With purchase)

No more than 5 players. In this game each of players has the right to buy the number of cards he needs. After everyone who wants play tapped, and the passers folded cards in the middle of the table, the purchase begins. The one who wants to buy discards unnecessary cards...

Stukolka (With train)

No more than 6 players. Unlike the option "Stukolka (With a buy-in)", trump In this game does not open. The dealer after the deal, without looking at his cards, looks at the top card of the deck, puts it near the deck face down and announces suit this cards ...

Judicial red tape

Lay next to nine open kart and the tenth closed - in reserve. If among the open kart there are aces and kings, then they are taken out and stacked in the following order: aces on one side, kings on the other. On the aces I put...

Sir Tommy

The oldest solitaire game, perhaps the oldest known. It is sometimes called that - old solitaire. One full deck is used, which is held closed in the hand, sorting through the cards one by one. When an ace appears, it is set aside as...

Secret

First, 4 cards are placed in one row. Following them in order 2 cards laid aside with a speck upwards. Onito are the secret that will be revealed in due time. Postponing...

Tierce

There are two players. A deck of 32 sheets. Deal ten cards. The dealer surrenders cards three at once. Upper in deck map opened and placed on top of the deck - this is a trump card. The first move belongs to...

Aunt

The game came to Russia from France at the end of the 19th century and immediately gained popularity. Played with a deck of 52 kart four, each playing independently. Junior map, how...

thirty two cards

Thirty-one - A

Players - from 2 to 9 people. A deck of 32 sheets. Rent to everyone player three cards and face down, and three cards, also face down, are placed in the middle. Cards are dealt one at a time to all players...

Thirty-one - B

This version of the card games differs from "Thirty-one - A" in that cards are rented open in the middle. Everyone has the right to change player on its course, on any circle. After one of players tale...

Shamrock

Lay out 51 cards in threes. cards fan, the latter is placed separately. For permutations, you can use the upper cards each fan. They are shifted to each other in rank: lady to lady, three to three, etc. aces used as base...

Thirteen

Club card game. It existed until the beginning of the 20th century. Disappeared with the prohibition of gambling houses. Number players not limited. A deck of 52 sheets. The first banker is the one who drew the lowest card. Punters with...

Trinka

The origin and development of this games currently unknown. It has a limited distribution in Ukraine. There are four players. The game is played two by two. A deck of 36 cards. All cards are dealt one at a time. After surrendering the first move...

Threes

one full deck it is necessary to decompose into 17 open groups of three cards. one open map placed separately. Target games- releasing aces and collecting on them in an ascending line kart given suits. Free aces immediately used as bases ...

One thousand

This the game requires quick orientation and accurate assessment. Three players play with a deck of 32 cards. Their face value (by seniority): ace — 11 points, ten - 10, king - 4, queen - 3 and jack - 2 points; nine, eight and seven of value...

thousand one

3-4 people play. With four players, the dealer does not participate in the draw. Deck - 24 sheets: ace, ten, king, queen, jack, nine of four suits. The cards have...

Prisoner

From the deck kart in 36 sheets lay out one 9 kart in one horizontal row with the picture up. Next 3 cards one by one spread under this next (also picture up). If they meet in the top row cards the same merit as...

stubborn

First put score of 15 cards, which are taken from above from two decks. Any 3 cards are laid out near the store on the right side. Of these, the decomposer has the right to choose any one to make it initial or basic. Chosen map is placed on top. To her presentation ...

Hurricane

The name probably comes from the fact that game it is possible to sweep away everything lying on the table with one card. Game for two. The result is determined by the points won. To achieve them, you need to get: as many cards as possible; as much as possible...

Pharaoh - B

Rent one to four each. Upper map in the deck remaining after the deal is opened. Rules are similar to the option "Believe - do not believe (2) - A", but the lady is placed on any card and the suit is ordered. Next to the player who laid down the seed...

fofany

In this variant, any map. After distribution kart between the players equally, coinciding in value and color, are discarded. Players take turns drawing cards from each other. Starts to have...

frap

An old game that has never been widely used, but has come down to the present almost in its original form. In fact - a French kind of stakolka. Number of player...

Snore

The game is similar to "Frap". It differs in that 5 cards are dealt. There are three announcements: 1. Snoring. 2. Whist. 3. Cut. The player who called "snoring" must take 3 bribes, whistling or cutting - one. If ad...

Gypsy

In this game play four of us. If a players more, then you need to take instead of a deck of 36 kart deck out of 52. The dealer puts all deck circle upside down. last card opens, determining the trump card, and puts it in the center. ...

Watch

The layout of this simple old solitaire- the process is purely mechanical, not requiring special skills. A deck of 52 kart shuffled and laid out into 13 groups, 4 each cards in each, picture down. 12 ...

Black Donka (Black Maria)

This the game from Bulgaria is popular not only among children, but also among adults. In the English version of the king, the queen of spades appears under the name black Maria. At first glance, she is elementary, but this is only a superficial impression. The game...

Chizhik

One of the most loved by children folk games. Known in many variants and under different names: chirga, tsurka, chig, tuzik ... Chizhik the game is called legitimately, based on its main idea - to release the bird into the wild ...

Sixty six

This the game was very popular in Germany in the second half of the 19th century. In the seventies she came to Russia, where she changed a lot. It had a sufficient distribution until the 30s of the XX century. Gradually replaced by brown and is now very rare. Players two...

Chiff, shof and noise

This is a very fun game that does not require much skill. It can be played by 5 or more participants. The best option is 6 players. One is used deck out of 32 or 52 kart ...

Stoss

The game has been known in Russia since the end of the 18th century. In the capital, it practically disappeared already at the beginning of the 19th century, but in the provinces it existed until the middle of it. At present, it is known only from the story of the same name by M. Yu. Lermontov. Number of games...

Egoist

This, in fact, is not solitaire, but a kind of the game in cards without a partner, which is why they call her that. After shuffling the deck, deal 3 cards yourself, and 3 cards- boob. Opening the trump card, put off deck to the side upside down. The dummy's cards open the fan...

Ecarte (Bank Limited) - B

This option differs from "Ekarte - A" in that the banker puts a certain amount of money. The first and second punters are also required to bet some conditional...

Ekarte (With Responsible Bank) - A

Quantity players not limited. They play two full decks of 52 sheets. ATM dispenser cards on four scoreboards, regardless of the number of players. Rent one to four for each scoreboard. Seventeenth map opens - this is a trump card. First...

Card games are one of the most popular leisure activities for various companies. Many people perceive card games as entertainment, but sometimes this hobby can bring substantial income.

All card games can be divided into several types - family (the game is played "for fun"), commercial (the player's winnings depend on skills) and gambling (winnings depend on both skills and luck). Gambling, in turn, can be divided into games against the casino and games against another player.

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Games against another player

Playing against another player is very popular among fans gambling. Such games include various types of poker that allow players to show their skills, both in calculating possible card layouts and in assessing the psychological state of the opponent. Often the winner in poker is the player who can deceive his opponent with the help of a bluff or “read” his plan.

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Happens often with the player:
Sat rich - rose poor.
Who took the cards, seduced by profit,
Tom does not know the game of happy.
Gambling is sinful:
It is not given to us by God,
Satan invented it!

Sebastian BRANT. 1494

Have you ever asked yourself the question: What do the suits of playing cards mean? Where did the names come from - jack, ace, clubs, spades, hearts, etc. If - yes! Then this article is for you. Particularly impressionable, please do not read)

A few words about the history of the issue:

There are 3 versions of the origin of the cards:

1. First - Chinese, although many still do not want to believe in it. Chinese and Japanese cards are too unusual for us both in appearance and in the nature of the game, which is more like dominoes. However, there is no doubt that already in the 8th century in China, sticks were used for games, and then strips of paper with symbols for various symbols. These distant ancestors of cards were also used instead of money, so they had three suits: a coin, two coins and many coins. And in India, playing cards depicted the figure of the four-armed Shiva, who held a goblet, a sword, a coin and a wand. Some believe that these symbols of the four Indian estates gave rise to modern card suits.

2. Egyptian version of the origin of the cards, replicated by the latest occultists. They claimed that in ancient times the Egyptian priests wrote down all the wisdom of the world on 78 golden tablets, which were also depicted in the symbolic form of cards. 56 of them - "Minor Arcana" - became ordinary playing cards, and the remaining 22 "Senior Arcana" became part of the mysterious Tarot deck used for divination. This version was first published in 1785 by the French occultist Etteila, and his successors the French Eliphas Levy and Dr. Papus and the English Mathers and Crowley created their own systems for interpreting Tarot cards. This name allegedly comes from the Egyptian "ta rosh" ("the way of the kings"), and the cards themselves were brought to Europe either by Arabs or by gypsies, who were often considered to come from Egypt. True, scientists have not been able to find any evidence of such an early existence of the Tarot deck.

3. European version. (We will dwell on it in more detail - it is considered the main one). Ordinary cards appeared on the European continent no later than the 14th century. Back in 1367, the card game was banned in the city of Bern, and ten years later, a shocked papal envoy watched with horror as the monks enthusiastically cut into cards near the walls of their monastery. In 1392, Jacquemain Gringonner, the jester of the mentally ill French King Charles VI, drew a deck of cards for the amusement of his master. The then deck differed from the current one in one detail: it had only 32 cards. There were not enough four ladies, whose presence seemed then superfluous. Only in the next century, Italian artists began to depict Madonnas not only in paintings, but also on maps.

4. occult. According to the writer S.S. Narovchatov, under Ivan the Terrible, a certain Churchelli appeared in Moscow. Churchelli, in Italy he was called a Frenchman, in France a German, in Germany a Pole, and in Poland he became a Russian. He brought to Moscow a chest wrapped in a shawl, black with red stains, which, as it were, corresponded to the suits - black and red. The cards are in demand. At first, the authorities were tolerant of practicing with cards, but then they began to persecute them, because they saw the intervention of evil spirits here. Of the legislative monuments about cards, the Code of 1649 was first mentioned, which prescribes to deal with card players “as it is written about taty” (thieves), i.e. beat mercilessly, cut off fingers and hands. Decree of 1696. it was introduced to search all those suspected of wanting to play cards "and whoever has the cards taken out, to beat with a whip." In 1717 It is forbidden to play cards under the threat of a fine. In 1733 for recidivists, a prison, or batogs, is defined.

So what do the suits and meanings of the cards mean?

Everyone knows the structure of the card deck: ace, king, queen, jack even lower in value of tens, nines, and so on up to sixes or twos in a full deck - a typical hierarchical ladder from higher to lower:

The Joker is a frivolous figure in tights, a jester's cap, bells... And in his hands is a scepter with a human head strung on it, which is now replaced by humane artists with musical "cymbals". In pre-revolutionary stage performances, a similar character was called Fradiavolo. The "Joker" is above all, she has no suit and is considered the strongest in the game. Thus, at the top of the pyramid is not the King, but Daus ...

Ace is a word of Polish origin from the German Daus. The German-Russian dictionary indicates the meaning of the word: Daus - the devil. It is quite possible that Daus is a corruption of the Greek diabolos, a slanderer.

King. Interestingly, all card images had real or legendary prototypes. For example, four kings are the greatest monarchs of antiquity: Charlemagne (worms), the biblical king David (spades), Julius Caesar (diamonds) and Alexander the Great (clubs).

With regard to the ladies, there was no such unanimity - for example, the lady of worms was either Judith, then Helen of Troy, then Dido. The Queen of Spades has traditionally been depicted as a goddess of war - Athena, Minerva and even Joan of Arc. In the role of the Queen of Spades, after long disputes, they began to portray the biblical Rachel: she was ideally suited for the role of the "queen of money", since she robbed her own father. Finally, the lady of clubs, on early Italian cards acting as the virtuous Lucretia, turned into Argina - an allegory of vanity and vanity.

Jack (French valet, “servant”, “footman”, etymologically diminutive of “vassal”; the old Russian name is “serf”, “hlap”) - a playing card depicting a young man. All real prototypes of jacks (according to the European version) are the French knight La Hire, nicknamed Satan (worms), as well as the heroes of the epic Ogier the Dane (spades), Roland (tambourines) and Lancelot of the Lake (clubs).

"Trump" cards, their very name, have their own special purpose. "Kosher" i.e. Talmudists call ritual sacrifices “clean”… which, as you understand, is connected with Kabbalah.

Now the suits:

In the French version, swords turned into "spades", cups into "worms", denarii into "diamonds", and "batons" into "crosses" or "clubs" (the latter word in French means "clover leaf") . In different languages, these names still sound differently; for example, in England and Germany these are "shovels", "hearts", "diamonds" and "clubs", and in Italy - "spears", "hearts", "squares" and "flowers". On German cards, you can still find the old names of suits: "acorns", "hearts", "bells" and "leaves".

As for the occult beginnings, their essence is as follows:
1. "Baptize" (Trefa) - a card with the image of the cross on which Jesus was crucified and to which half the world worships. Translated from Yiddish, "club" means "bad" or "evil"

2. "Vini" (pikes) - symbolizes the gospel pike, that is, the spear of the holy martyr Longinus the Centurion, with which he pierced the stomach of Jesus

3. "Worms" - means the gospel sponge on a cane: "one of the soldiers took a sponge, filled it with vinegar and, putting it on a cane, gave Him to drink"

4. "Tambourines" - a graphic image of the gospel forged tetrahedral jagged nails with which the hands and feet of Jesus were nailed to a wooden Cross.

An interesting fact is that in the USSR during the NEP years there were attempts to depict workers with peasants on the cards and even introduce new suits - "sickles", "hammers" and "stars". True, such amateur activity was quickly suppressed, and the cards were stopped for a long time to be printed as "attributes of bourgeois decay."