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Big 2 |
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Big 2 Poker is a poker
game originated in East
Asia, and it is very
popular in Taiwan,
Singapore, Hong Kong and
Macau where it is
usually played as a
gambling game with 2-4
players using a standard
52-card deck. Each
player is dealt 13
cards; the object of Big
2 Poker is to be the
first player to discard
all of his/her cards.
The highest suit is
spades, followed by
hearts, clubs and
diamonds. As the name
Big 2 Poker indicates,
twos rank high. The
ranking of the rest of
the cards is the usual:
A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7,
6, 5, 4, and 3. The
cards are played as
singles or in groups of
two, three, or five
cards, in combinations
resembling poker hands.
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The number of cards to
be played is set down by
the leading card to a
trick; the tricks must
contain the same number
of cards. The cards are
dealt out singly and in
a counter-clockwise
manner around the table,
retaining an equal
number of cards for each
player. Leftover cards
(if there are 2 or 3
players) are given to
the player holding the 3
of diamonds (the lowest
possible card). If none
of the players have the
card, the leftover cards
are given to the person
holding the next lowest
card. |
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The game begins when the
player holding the
lowest ranked card
discards a card set that
includes the lowest
ranked card. He/she can
play it singly or as
part of a combination.
Then, as usual, play
proceeds
counter-clockwise; each
person has to play a
higher card or
combination set than the
one before with the same
number of cards, or
pass, declaring that
he/she does not want to
play or does not hold
the necessary cards to
make a play possible.
This continues until the
rest of the players
pass. After that, the
remaining player starts
a new round with any
card set; each pass is
independent and does not
prevent anyone from
playing subsequent hands
in the same round. The
game will continue until
one player finishes
discarding all his
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"Poker is a game of people... It's not the hand I hold, it's the people that I
play with." |
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"Look around the table. If you don't see a sucker, get up, because you're the
sucker." |
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"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or
doesn't play poker." |
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"They anticipate losing when they sit down and I try my darndest not to
disappoint one of them." |
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