How to play Buraco and Pinelle?

To know how to play a game of Buraco and Pinelle, for example, how to select the cards to be dropped, how to discard, etc. etc. click on the...

How do I play a match?

A match can be played in 3 modes, The following links explain them in detail: Play Now Tables list Create a Table Enjo...

How to play Italian Buraco?

To know how to play Italian Buraco, see the following links: Game setup The game General rules Scope of the game ...

How to play Royal Buraco?

Royal Buraco is a more complex version of BuracoHere are the differences:You play without jokers, deuces are still in the deckYou can not dr...

How to play Closed Buraco?

Closed Buraco has a particularity; you can not freely take the discard pile and its cards are not entirely visible.Only the last card is vis...

How to play Closed STBL Buraco?

Closed STBL Buraco has a particularity; you can not freely take the discard pile and its cards are not entirely visible.Only the last card i...

How to play Open Buraco?

Open Buraco and Royal Buraco have similar rules.The difference is that in Open Buraco, jokers are in the deck.To Recap...Discard pile is Ope...

Game setup

The player on the right of the dealer 'cuts' the card deck.The dealer then builds up two piles of 11 cards each, taking in turn each card fr...

The game

At her/his turn each player can: 1) Take a card from the foundation deck at the center of the table. 2) Take all the discard pile. Then ...

General rules

• You can not make melds of 3 or more deuces or 3 or more jokers. • When you add a card to a meld, substituting a joker or a deuce, you must...

How was the Buraco game born?

Buraco is a Rummy-type card game in the Canasta family born in Uruguay and Argentina. In order to play you need 2 decks of cards of 54 cards...

Scope of the game and final conditions

The scope of the game is reaching a certain score before the opponents. To reach this goal, you can follow two game strategies: • Realize...

Possible Canastas

You can have three types of Canastas • Pure: the 7 cards meld doesn't contain any joker or 'pinella' (deuces maintain their natural rank).• ...

Scoring

When a player closes the game, the points will be so assigned:Closing bonus = 100 points.Pure Canasta bonus = 200 points.Semipure Canasta bo...