Pasur

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Pasur ( Persian : پاسور;) is a Persian card game. In Iran , it is also known as Chahâr Barg (4 cards), Haft Khâj (seven times cross), Haft Va Chahâr (seven and four) or Yâzdah (eleven). The game can be played with two to four players. It is widespread in Iran. The term Pasur is sometimes used in Iran as a synonym for all types of card games. The origin of the name is Russian. Pasur is sometimes compared to the card games Cassino or Scopa .

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Pasur is played with a 52-card French hand with no jokers. The cards take on different values ​​in the game. The jacks and aces are rated with one point each . As special cards among the number of playing cards that apply cross -Two that with two and Karo -Ten, which is valued at three points.

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The game can be played with two to four players. Four players form teams of two, with the playing partners each sitting cross-wise. The cards are dealt clockwise. At the beginning each player receives 4 cards, in the middle another four cards are placed face up. if there is a jack, it is placed in the middle of the pile and replaced by another card. If this is a jack again or if there are several jacks or more than two identical picture cards on the table right at the beginning, the hand is shuffled and dealt out again.

The player sitting to the left of the dealer begins. The cards are played one after the other. If no card can be picked up, the played cards remain face up on the table. When all players have played their cards in hand, another 4 cards are dealt to each player. The last game round is announced by the dealer with Daste Achar ("last hand"). After each full round, the dealer's role changes clockwise.

Pick up and points

If a card is played, the player can use it to pick up cards from the table in the following cases:

  • If the player plays a number playing card, he can pick up another card with it if the sum of the numbers is eleven (i.e. seven and four , ace and ten, etc.). This can also be done by combining more than two cards (e.g. five and four and two or eight and three times ace )
  • If the player plays a picture card ( queen or king ), he can use it to pick up a card of the same type.
  • If the player plays a jack, he can use it to pick up all the number playing cards and jacks on the table. If a jack is played without a number card on the table, the jack remains in place and can be picked up with the next jack played.
  • if cards remain on the table at the end of the round, they are given to the player who was the last to pick up cards.

Up to 20 regular points can be awarded in each round:

  • The player who picked up the most cross cards receives 7 points. If two players have picked up the same number of cross cards, these points do not apply.
  • For the special card ten of diamonds, the player receives 3 points, for the two of clubs there are 2 points
  • For aces and jacks the player receives one point each.

In addition, a player can receive special points if he can clear all the cards on the table with his game without having played a jack ( Sur ). He receives 5 points for this. The number of Sur per round is not limited. A sur cannot be made on the last hand of a round. Scored Sur the opponent can through achieving their own Sur are equalized in the counting of the points by one to determine Sur points scored, only the difference to the number of scored by the opponent Sur . If a player has achieved 80% of the points required for overall victory in a round, no surs will be counted for him from the next round . However, he can still compensate for those of the opponent with his own sur .

With four players, the points are counted together for the team.

Playing

Play continues until a player or team reaches 52 points. Alternatively, other final scores can be agreed before the game begins. Common variants include 62 points or twice the usual number of points (i.e. 104 or 124 points).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mehdi Marashi, Mohammad Ali Jazayery " Persian Studies in North America: Studies in Honor of Mohammad Ali Jazayery" , Ibex Publishers, Inc. 1994 (p. 113) ( online )
  2. ↑ Rodney P. Carlisle: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society , Volume 1, SAGE, 2009, p. 117 ( online ).

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