Fishing Card Games have nothing to do with fishes
and their
catching,
as well as with rods. Still there is something common with a
fishing hobby. Fishing card games are initially oriental. In Japan they
were played as commercial
card games because an unusual deck of cards was
used. In the very beginning various flowers were depicted on
cards and players were to match all the cards, so that each card gets a
pair. The games emerged long ago, but are widely played now, though
with a standard deck of 52 cards.
In
fishing card games all the players receive several cards, but remember
that card game deals
can vary. Sometimes a dealer gives two cards to each player and puts
two ones to a layout, and then deals all the other cards of the deck.
As a rule fishing card games are played by 2 or 4 gamblers,
but they can be changed a bit so that more players can take
part in them.
Casino is the only fishing card game that is played in the U. S.,
Australia and the UK. The game is played either individually
or in pairs. The aim of players is to get the highest amount of
points. This can be reached in the following way: each card has its
denomination (an ace=1, a two=2, and so on) and all the matched cards
are put aside to be counted in the end. The player or the pair of
players who have gained the highest amount of scores win. In
case your card has no pair in a layout you need to put it on a table.
There are two main patterns of matching in Casino:
- the same value cards suit each other;
- ten can become a partner of two fives in a layout, so that
all the cards from either hands have the same value. This can be a
single card of a player's hand, as well as two cards in a community
one.
Mitaines in French or Mitts in English is another fishing card game
played in Canada. Actually each country has its own fishing card game.
For example, Turkey has Pishti; Scopa is famous in Italy, and Escoba is
played in Spanish speaking countries.
May you get a good catch in fishing card
games!
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