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Favorite Card Games

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  1. Manny Ramirez

    Manny Ramirez The Music Man

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    Have really gotten into duplicate contract bridge of late and it has become my favorite card game. I haven't asked this in awhile and it seems like the times I have asked it in the past, most people say Tien Lien or VC. Can you please explain how to play that game better than the wikipedia entry?

    Games I played and enjoyed
    Bridge
    Pinochle (single deck, partnership)
    Poker (Texas Hold 'Em only)
    Rook
    Hearts
    Spades
    Gin Rummy
    Oh Hell!
    Euchre
    Solitaire (including Free Cell, Spider, and Klondike)

    Games I played but didn't really understand
    Cribbage
    Casino

    Games I played but haven't played in a long time
    Blackjack
    Egyptian Ratscrew
    Old Maid
    Slapjack
    Go Fish
    Rummy
    Spoons

    Games I would like to learn how to play
    Canasta
    Tonk
    Stud Poker
    Draw Poker
    President or *******
    Pitch or Setback or Cinch
    Tien Lien or VC

    I guess you can say that I like playing cards, lol.
     
  2. blathersby

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    VC is still the best card game ever.

    Also, it's the only card game in DESPERATE need of a good app on the App Store.
     
  3. Kam

    Kam Member

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    Egyptian Ratscrew is the best.
     
  4. Band Geek Mobster

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    Gotta go with Spades
     
  5. dharocks

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    Hold 'em if it's for money.

    ******* if I'm drinking.

    Bid whist if I'm just trying to waste time.
     
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    Spades is one of the greatest card games of all time. Especially, if you play with people who are better than you. Man, I swear I learn something new everytime.
     
  8. Daedalus

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    Biriba
    Basra
     
  9. SwoLy-D

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    Sitting at home... waiting for my GREEN one... :mad: COME ON, YOU #)(*&#)$^ artist formerly known as I.N.S.!!!!

    Also, taking someone's MAN card. :eek:
     
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    Blackjack has brought me a good chunk of money over the years, spades and hearts was entertaining and challenging, VC got me through high school. I did go on a little Texas Hold 'em obsession and came up about even. All time though......I have to go with blackjack. Free booze and fairly easy money.

    Pugs
     
  11. RocketRaccoon

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    Spades for me too. Played one of my best games at county! :cool:
     
  12. bobmarley

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    VC is good ole' fashioned fun

    I also play:

    Rook
    ERS
    Double Solitaire

    One interesting game that I learned from some guys from Trinidad & Tobago is called, All Fours. Really weird game with lots of rules and lots of fun
     
  13. NewRoxFan

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    My family plays a game called "31" which is a simple and fun game to pick up quickly but has a good deal of strategy to play too.

    We play a fun board game that involves cards called Sequence.

    We played a lot of Mexican Train over the Holiday break which is a domino game.
     
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    51 Card Pickup. I lost a card last time I played.
     
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    I like Cadillac. We always play at family get together and you have a chance to win a little cash too.
     
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    4 people: hearts, 42 (uses dominos, but not the typical domino game), bridge
    5 people: 5-handed Rook (winning bidder calls for a card to be his partner)
    6 people: 84 (like 42, but with 2 sets of dominos)
    7 people: 7-handed Rook (winning bidder calls for two cards to be his partner)
     
  18. RoxSqaud

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    Drunk spades.
     
  19. RocketRaccoon

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    don't know if serious but I laughed anyway having recognized the game...uh...situation :grin:
     
  20. RoxSqaud

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    Lol...

    Total mayhem.
     

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