Sutda
◊ Korean gambling game ◊
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• Number of players 2 to 10 (4 or 5 is best)
• Cards used Korean hwa-tu cards. 20 cards total. 2 cards from each month except November and December. All cards are "junk" (see rules of Go-Stop for explanation) except for the "curtain" and the "moon".
• Game objective To win money by catching the highest-ranking hand.
• The play At the beginning of each round every player pays an ante into the pot. The dealer deals 2 cards face down to each player in turn, 1 card at a time. The player with the highest hand (as scored using the rules below) wins. The winner takes the pot. In the case of a tie the pot is split. Depending on the cards held by the winner, the losers may have to pay multiples of the ante to the winner. The hands are ranked as follows: highest winning combination is the "curtain" and the "moon", followed by pairs (the higher the month the higher the hand), followed by a few special combinations of cards. If a player has none of the above he adds the value (the numerical value of the month) of each of his cards and takes the last digit (so a total of 15 is worth 5, and a total of 20 is worth 0).
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