PIQUET

OBJECTIVE OF PIQUET: Reach 100 points.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 Players

NUMBER OF CARDS: 32 card deck

RANK OF CARDS: A (high), K, Q, 10, 9, 8, 7

TYPE OF GAME: Trick-Taking

AUDIENCE: Adult

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INTRODUCTION TO PIQUET

Piquet is a two player trick-taking game that uses a 32 card deck, which omits 2-6 number cards. The game has 6 deals, which are referred to as a partie. Piquet is well over 400 years old, with it being well established in the 1600s and possibly referred to as early as 1535 in Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel. 

THE SCORING

Players announce their running total score for that hand each time they score points. After a hand, totals are recorded and added to their score for the partie. Winners have the highest score at the end of the partie (6 deals), In the event of a tie, two more hands are played to settle the score. If there is a tie after two more hands the partie is considered a draw. The main objective is to score 100+ points and ‘get over the Rubicon.’

After the 6 deals, if the loser of that partie scored at least 100 points, they pay the difference between the winner and loser’s score + 100. If playing another partie, scores are reset to 0. If the loser does not reach 100 points, they pay the sum of their scores + 100.

EXAMPLE

Player A: 99 points, Player B: 120, Player A pays B 319 points. (99+120+100)

Player A: 101, Player B: 120, Player A pays B 119 points [(120-101)+100]

THE DEAL

The deal goes back and forth between the two players. Players cut the deck after shuffling for high card, the winner (who has the highest card) chooses who deals first. Re-shuffle cards thoroughly and deal 12 cards to each player, 8 are left over as a talon. The dealer can deal in sets of 3s or 2s as long as it is consistent. The talon is placed face-down in the center of the playing table.

The player who is not dealing is called the elder hand, the player who is dealing is the younger hand. 

If any player has a hand with no face cards (J, Q, K) they can declare carte blanche (white card) and receive 10 points. This should be done immediately. This is done by quickly dealing the hand face-up on the table after the opponent has discarded. If the elder has carte blanche they announce how many cards they are discarding so the younger hand can pick their discards prior to seeing the elder’s hand. 먹튀사이트

THE EXCHANGE

The elder hand exchanges cards first. They must first discard 1 to 5 cards, face-down. After, they pick up an equal number of cards from the talon. The younger player repeats this. However, they can only discard between 1 and the number of cards left in the talon. So, if the elder discarded five cards the younger player can only discard up to 3. Exchanges of fewer than the maximum must be announced and discards are kept beside the player on the table.

When the elder takes less than 5 cards they may look through the talon. The younger player can expose the talon after the elder leads, granted they took less than 5 cards.