Playing Cards.

[Georgiesmum]

Do any of you play cards on a regular basis?

[Jeza]

I play cribbage. Not so much these days, but I was a trophy winnner.

[joggerjayne]

Including at casinos?

[ummmm]

Used to.

[MadMen]

Used to.... In the 90s!

[erin-x]

Me and my mates spent a whole day in a caravan drinking and playing Black 5 :)

It got to the point where I was rigging the deck to the knowledge of everyone apart from one! It was hilarious! :D

[craft1948]

I played every lunch-time in a poker school at work for about 5 years.........this was in the 60's.

[MadMen]

So, Erin, you're basically admitting to being a cheat?


Lol

[magicmick]

Used to, but now I would rather use them for entertaining the grand children, tricks etc

[erin-x]

I can't help it! I just like winning! :D

[magicmick]

I have a few packs of marked cards if anyone interested :-)

[MadMen]

Cheats! Dishonest cheats!!!

:-D

[horseshoes]

I play card with my 2 friends EVERY Tuesday and have been doing so for at least 40 years! We have to have a really good excuse not to play, like holidays, illness or being dead! We play Crash, Brag, Misere but when another friend visits we'll play Nap and Contract Whist. we also sometimes have a family poker night. Great fun.

[erin-x]

Dishonest?! I just told you i'm a cheat! ;) haha!!!

[MadMen]

Lol!!! Oh yeah. Doh!

You....Er...dishonest cheat! :-))

[magicmick]

sounds a good school horseshoes, we used to play crash all the time at work, at break of course have you ever had a run through ace to king? I saw it once in some thirty years

[joggerjayne]

I play a little Blackjack, and Baccarat.

[horseshoes]

Yes Magic Mick, a couple of times. That gets to take the kitty in our rules.

[magicmick]

We had same rule, I once set the cards up to give every one a run through on my deal you should have seen their faces as they picked the cards up, each pretending they had nothing, they each put them down thinking they had won but mine was all the same suit lol it was ages before I got another game.

[Georgiesmum]

Ooh ive not heard of crash. Is it an easy game to play?
We usually play cheat, sevens or newmarket.

[magicmick]

Crash. Really good game GM best with four players deal out thirteen cards each make four hands of three cards throw one away, each play best hand prial is top hand scores one point, second hands played top hand scores one point eg another prial or run, a run of same suit wins, third hand played poss another run or maybe a flush, if two hands same point goes in box, then last hand played could be flush or pair winner gets point, first up to eleven points wins agreed amount plus say 10p for each point in box. Crash is if you win all four hands, automatic win, we play 50p for four of a kind but they must be played in the hands, also a run through wins ace to king. Your first hand is your best hand then work down. Strategy come into play depending on how many points you need you could split one good hand to make four reasonable ones. Hope explanation is ok give it a try