Bai Cào (Vietnamese Card Comparing Game)
Holiday Party
B
PLAYERS
2-6
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
- A standard deck of playing cards
- Small tokens or coins for betting
HOW TO PLAY
1
Deal three cards face down to each player from a shuffled deck.
2
Players privately check their cards and add up their values, keeping only the last digit of the total as their score.
3
Certain matching combinations of three cards count as a special high-scoring hand regardless of the digit total.
4
Once everyone has looked at their hand, all players reveal their cards at the same time.
5
Compare each player's final score, with higher digit totals and special combinations ranked above plain numbers.
6
The player with the best hand collects the round's stake from the others.