President

01Discover the game

In the President, you try to get rid of your cards before others. Players climb the values until no one wants or can overbid. The variant chosen here is the base game of Pagat: no joker, no sequel and an exchange of a card between the first and the last at the next round.

02Equipment

Take 52 cards without joker. Signs don't matter. The order, from the weakest to the strongest, is: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Valet, Lady, King, As, 2. A sheet can be used to record the ranking; no token is required.

03The goal

Empty your hand as soon as possible. The first person out becomes President for the next round; the last one takes the last row. These titles organize the game, without giving the right to mistreat anyone.

04Prepare the handle

In the first round, choose the donor at random. Distribute all cards one by one, in the hourly direction. Some people can receive one more card: it's normal. Each one looks at his hand and places it in the order of values.

The person to the left of the dealer starts the first run with a card or several identical cards of his choice. For the next runs, follow the exchange and departure explained in section 7. This variant does not require to start with the 3 of clubs.

05Play a lift

The person who starts chooses to place a card alone, a pair, a brelan or a square. All cards in a multiple pose must have exactly the same value. The next player can pass or pose the same number of cards, of a strictly higher value.

Out of two 7, you can put two 8, two Kings or two 2. You can't put a single Ace, even if it's strong, or three 9. You can only take two cards of a 9-brelan to play a pair and keep the third.

Passing is always allowed, even when you can play. In this variant, pass does not exclude you from the lifting: if your turn comes back after a new opposing pose, you can bid again. We continue as many tricks as necessary.

When all the other players still in the race have passed after the last pose, the lift is over. Put all his cards aside, face down. The person who made the last pose opens a new lift, with the number of cards of his choice. If he has just emptied his hand, it is the next person still at stake, in the clockwise direction, that opens.

A pose of 2 is simply very strong. It is not a "bomb" and does not change the number of cards requested. There is no equality of values allowed, no revolution of squares, or sequel. Add these rules only if you expressly choose another variant before you start.

06An example to understand

Alice opens with two 6. Bob passes. Chloe plays two 10. David plays two Kings. Alice passes. Bob, who had passed, can now play his two As. Chloe and David pass, then Alice also: Bob wins the raise and opens the next one.

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If it were Bob's last two cards, he would be ranked at his exit. The next person still at stake on his left would take the opening. The cards of the lift are never taken up in one hand.

07End of round, rows and next part

Note the order of exits. The first is President, the second Vice-President; middle people keep intermediate ranks; the last simply keeps the last row. The round stops when only one person still has cards.

For the next round, place yourself in the order of the ranking, in the clockwise direction. The last arrived person distributes all the cards. He then gives his strongest card to the President. The President gives him a card of his choice, face hidden. The exchange here is on one card and does not concern the second one: the exchanges of two cards belong to other variants.

The President opens the new round. You can play a single inning, or agree to play five and score 2 points in the first and 1 in the second in each round, a score agreement proposed by Pagat. After five innings, the highest total wins; the odds remain shared.

08Frequent errors

Do not mix a pair and a brelan in the same lift. Do not beat a King with another King: the value must increase. Do not treat the 2 as a weak card. Do not believe that a first passage forbids any return in the lift. Finally, the President does not himself choose the card he receives: the last one must give his strongest.

09Start well

Check out your isolated cards: they will often be harder to get out than your pairs. A very strong card can make you open at the right time and allow you to pose a small series. Observes how many cards each keeps: leaving a hand to someone who has only one can offer him victory.