Landsknecht (card game)

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The Grand Dauphin Louis plays Lansquenet at Versailles (1694)
Jacob Duck : Guard room with soldiers playing cards, 17th century

Landsknecht or fr. corrupted Lansquenet is a card game of chance that originated during the Thirty Years' War (1618–48). The name is derived from the Landsknechten , among whom the game of chance was very common. Landsknecht is probably to be regarded as the forerunner of Pharo .

The game

At the beginning of a game the banker places his bet in the bank; then the punchers bet , whereby the sum of their bets must not exceed the amount in the bank. Then the banker shuffles the cards, lets withdraw and places the top card of the package to the left and the next card to the right.

If two cards of the same range fall to the left and right, e.g. B. two jacks, this is called the Plié and the banker wins all bets.

If the first two cards are of different rank, the banker draws a third and possibly further cards and places them in the middle until a card is drawn that is ranked either with the card on the left or with the card on the right agrees: In the former case the banker wins, in the latter case the punchers win.

Source: Meyers Konversationslexikon from 1908

Note: The colors of the cards do not play a role in the Landsknecht .

Bank advantage

The advantage of the banker - even if he does not cheat, which was probably the exception rather than the rule at the time of the Landsknechte - is considerable: If a game with 52 hands is used, the bank advantage is 5.9%, with a game with 32 Leaf even 9.7% (see heaping ).

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