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Chlust
Chlust (, Polish for 'splash') is a Polish gambling card game know primarily in Upper Silesia, hence its alternative name 'Silesian poker', although the game was in existence well before poker was invented. The name is derived from the splashy sound the cards make while being played onto one another, especially when aggressively. History Chlust is over 200 years old, being mentioned as early as 1807 by Linde in his Polish-German dictionary as a "common card game". In the 20th century the game was noted by Wieczorkiewicz (1966) as a gambling game.Wieczorkiewicz (1966), p. 123. Rules Overview Chlust is a game for at least two, at most four people. The game requires a pack of 20 French-suited cards, Aces down to Tens, but Nines may be added if desired. Deal The players ante equals stakes into a pot before being dealt three cards each, one at a time. Next, the dealer turns the top card, which indicates the trump suit. If that card is the ace, it can be exchanged for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tryszak
Trischaken is an historical Austrian, German and Polish gambling card game for three to five players. It appears related to French BrelanSchmidt (1800), p. 263. and German Scherwenzel. History The game dates back to the 16th century when it was played at court in the Kingdom of Poland. It is also mentioned as a card game in a 1706 German poem and listed as a banned gambling game in a 1734 law book of Anhalt-Bernburg. An indication of its distribution is given by its inclusion in a 1771 Bremen-Lower Saxon dictionary and its description as "popular" in Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavaria from at least the late 18th to mid-19th century.Weber (1855), p. 332. The word was also spelt ''dreschaken'', meaning "to beat, thrash, cudgel", and may have been derived from ''dreschen'', to thresh, recalling the game of Karnöffel whose name also means "to thrash". In 1871 it was described as a game of chance, popular with peasants "in the provinces" and played with the "large old German cards", whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
