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Originally Posted by tomcat007
Last time I got this HCM gal... Always bring me to her friend's house (her friend got a GF here) and there they always play the .
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Hi bro,
Vietnamese chinese play mahjong (mat chuoc) n (tu sac). But the most prefered n most common is tien len (sorry I dunno how to say that name in english), which means "go straight forward". This game card is for 4 people, 13 cards per person. The most powerful card is 2, n followed by A, K, Q,... The smallest is 3. U can sort ur cards in many forms of flush, tripple, couple,... n play one form is a circle. The one running out all of cards first is the winner.
There is many differences between playing tien len in northern n southern. The southern accept the flush with increasing order in many kinds of sign, such as 3-4-5 (3 heart, 4 diamond, 5 heart still ok), when the northern often accept only the same kind (flush of 3-4-5 only in heart for example). That rule is called as dong chat dong mau (same kind same color).
In a large group of people which can not play tien len, we play black jack n bai cao (i dunno how to say this name in english too. Bai cao is the quickest kind of cards. Each person get 3 cards, n he just needs to sum the points of those 3 cards. For example, u get 2-3-4, then ur points r 9, it is the biggest point. If u get 8-9-10, then ur points r 27, but it is counted as 7. The bigger, the winner.
There r many other rules I do not introduce to u above, if u need to practice I will tell it clearly later. N there r also many kinds of cards game we play in tet, such as binh xap xam ( ???), to, phom... We also play horse racing chess, lotto, bau cua ca cop...
Everyone plays card in tet, not to make money. They just want to test their luck. Losing money dun need to sad or angry. We play cards in group of family or friends, our money just transfer to those close one's pocket. N it is their good luck. So we r happy more
n the most important that we dun hard up for danh bai (card playing). The smallest bet is maybe only 1k vnd just for fun, while the biggest is unlimited. For my own case, I only join the game which bet under 100k. I'm not billionaire :-D playing all the day, I can win or lose up to vai trieu (some mil), not much. Some arrogant people could bet up to vai trieu per game, they r so rich :O