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The 52 Qard Game Series · Reserve bench

Court Piece · Rang, Hokm

First to seven tricks takes the hand; thirteen is a court.

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W.F.A. deck52cards in play
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Court Piece on the W.F.A. deck, on black velvet under a brass lamp
Court Piece · Pakistan and India

How to deal

Partners sit across the table. The dealer gives five cards each; the player to the dealer's right looks at them and names the trump suit (the rang). The dealer then completes the hands to thirteen each.

How to play

The player who named trump leads. Follow suit if you can; otherwise play any card, and a trump beats the led suit. Tricks are gathered in the middle by the side that has taken them, and once a side has taken seven tricks in a hand the rest are set aside.

How you win

The first side to seven tricks wins the hand. Take all thirteen and it is a court, worth a game of its own. Taking the first seven tricks straight through without the other side winning one earns a double. Play a fixed number of hands or to an agreed number of courts.

W.F.A. deck setup for Court Piece

Play without the four 1s: 52 cards, the 07 in as the seven.

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