This card game is for two or more players and you'll need a standard 52 playing card deck. Aces are worth 11 points, face cards are worth 10 points and numbered cards are worth their value. The aim of the game is to have a hand equal to or as close to 31 as possible. The player with the lowest hand loses.

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Set up

Each player draws one card from a shuffled deck. The player with the lowest card becomes the dealer. The dealer shuffles the deck and gives three cards to each player in a clockwise direction. The remaining deck forms the stock pile and it is placed in the middle. The top card of the stock is flipped over, placed beside it and becomes the discard pile.

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How to Play

The player to the left of the dealer starts. When it is their turn, players choose to either pick a card from the stock or from the discard pile and then they must discard one of their cards, all in an attempt to get a hand as close
or equal to 31.

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Only cards of the same suit count as points. For example, if a player has an Aces of Spades, an 8 of Spades, and a King of Hearts, the player’s hand is worth 19.

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If a player has a three of a kind, the hand is worth 30 points.

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When a player is comfortable with their hand, they knock on the table. All other players then have one more draw to try and improve their hand. The player with the lowest hand loses for that round. If the player who knocks has the lowest hand, they give up a loss of 2 rather than 1. When a player loses 4 times, they are out of the game. The last player standing wins the game!