1. Put up your "mease" (Ante up) We usually played 5 cents ante and 25 cents if you are boureed (don't win a hand).
2. Dealers hands out 5 cards to each player. (if you have 5 or less players a Widow can be dealt. This is an extra hand that can be bought by one of the players.)
3. The dealer turns over his 5th card. This is trump for the game. (if dealer turns over a
heart, hearts are trump, if a club is turned over, club is trump, etc.)
4. Each player will decide if they want to stay in or pass.
(You must have at least one
trump to stay in.) The player to the dealer's left will tell how many cards he/she wants (if
he/she has no trumps, then the widow can be bought...this is optional)
5. Each player tells the dealer how many cards they want. When a card is played, you must follow suit. If you don't have one of whatever is played, you can play a trump card or any other card.
6. At the end of play, the one
who wins the most hands(tricks) wins and takes the pot. If you fail to win a hand(trick), you must pay
25 cents bouree'. (This goes in the next pot)
1. This is a cajun game for 4 players, no more & no less. You play with a partner...the person sitting across from you.
2. The dealer hands out 9 cards to each player (This is done 3 at a time).
3. Now the bidding begins. You bid on how many points you can make. The point cards are: Ace (1 pt), Jack (1 pt), 10 (1 pt), 2 (1 pt), and the two fives, pedros, in the color of the suit that wins the bid. If you have the ace and the 2 in the same suit, you can bid 7 points. You can not lose either of these points and will play your partner for a pedro (a five). If you have an ace, king, queen, jack, ten, and two in the same suit, you can bid 14-28. This means that if you get all of the points, you will score 28 points, but if you don't make it, you will be down 14. The bidding starts with the player to the left of the dealer. He can bid or pass. Then it keeps going around. The minimum bid is 6. If no one bids, the dealer must bid at least 6 points and will call trump. You want to get the bid so that you can call trump so its to your advantage to bid. If your partner bids six, it tells you that don't have much so you should break the bid if possible. The person with the highest bid gets to call trump.
4. Now that you know what the trump is, players will draw cards. Keep all of the trumps and the five of the same color. EX: If hearts is trump and you have the 5 of diamond, keep it. It is a Pedro and worth 5 points. If you have 2 trumps, you will draw 4 cards to equal a hand of six. This goes around until you get to the dealer. The dealer gets the deck. This is great if lots of cards are left but sometimes you get none. If you have more than 6 trumps, you will have to bury cards on the first hand. You can not bury a point.
5. The person who won the bid leads. He/she can lead with whatever card he/she wishes. You don't have to lead with trump. If you bid with the Ace and 2, you lead with the ace and hope your partner has a pedro then play the two. You have your seven points. If you have two pedros in your hand, you lead off and hope your partner realizes what you have and will take the lead.
6. Whatever is played, you must follow suit. If you have a pedro and are the last to play when off cards were led and you don't have an offcard, you can play the pedro and win that hand.
7. At the end of the hand, the two teams count up the cards and points are assigned. There is a total of 14 points. If one side scored 7 the other side will have seven also. If one side has 10, the other side has 4.
8. If you got the bid, and didn't make it, you are the number you bid in the hole. EX: If you bid 7 and only made six, you must add a -7 to your score.
9. You can play to 52 or 104. The score you play to depends on time.
It is always better to have at least one experienced player in the group but its not necessary. If you are all novices, you can play together and in the Cajun way change the rules to satsify your group. Just have fun.