Barbudi

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Barbudi , Barbooth or Barbotte is a dice game of chance originally from the eastern Mediterranean . In the USA and Canada it is played mainly by people of Greek and Jewish origins.

Style of play

Game dice

Before starting, the players determine a sequence by throwing a die ; the player with the highest number becomes the shooter , the player with the second highest number becomes the fader . Only these two people take part in the actual game, all other players are only involved through stakes.

First the shooter rolls two dice and falls

  • a winning number, d. H. 6–6, 5–5, 3–3 or 6–5, he wins immediately,
  • a loss number, d. H. 4–4, 2–2, 1–1 or 2–1, he loses immediately,
  • any other combination, he hands the dice to his opponent.

If the fader now throws a winning number, it wins; if he throws a losing number, he loses, if he throws another combination, he gives the dice back to the shooter. In this way, the game continues until a decision is made.

The roles of the shooter and fader change after each round, similar to the game in a chouette (see there): If the shooter wins, he keeps his role and plays against the next player in the range. If the shooter loses, the previous fader moves up to the position of the shooter.

In contrast to craps and the usual way of playing in a chouette, with Barbudi it is not the shooter but the fader that determines the banco . After the fader has set, the shooter makes his bet and finally - if the shooter has set less than the fader - the other players bet until the bet of the fader is fully held.

In addition, other players can place side bets among themselves on the victory of the shooter or victory of the fader.

The rules of the game do not offer an advantage for either party, the probability of winning is 50% for both shooters and faders. Gambling clubs, however, deduct an estimate of approx. 5% from each win , so that a player loses 2.5% of his stakes to the organizer on a long-term average (see bank advantage ).

variants

Sometimes the game is played in such a way that the shooter can decide before his first throw whether a decision will be made on throws 6–5 and 2–1 or not.

literature

  • Albert H. Morehead, Richard L. Frey, Geoffrey Mott-Smith: The New Complete Hoyle Revised , Doubleday, New York, 1991
  • John Scarne : Scarne on Dice , Eighth Revised Edition, Hollywood, undated