. . . 3 Card Brag. . .

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Introduction

Welcome to the Nelsons Domain rules page for the Brag card games. The rules for these games are designed around a fairly basic set of rules. There are many variations of rules within the Brag game, some varying from Public House to Public House. Within this game there are no wildcards or 'braggers'. In Three Card Brag, three 3's is the highest possible ranking hand The highest run is Ace, King, Queen and the lowest is 3, 2, Ace.

General Rules

When a new hand is dealt, each player enters a stake of £2 into the 'Pot'. The player to the left of the dealer chooses to play or quit first. You can play or quit at any stage of a hand, as long as there are other players. The option to call (see another players cards) is only available when there is two players left, yourself and one other. When you quit the rest of the players will continue the game until a winner is found. If two players hands are identical, the player who calls loses.

Once the main playing screen has been loaded, select the deal button. This will deal three cards to you and your opponents.

Playing Screen Layout

The Scorepanel in the top right corner, (top left of versions earlier than 3.0) denotes how much money each player currently has, the status within the hand currently dealt and a white circle shows who dealt the current hand. The Action Window on the right of the screen will guide you through the actions of each player within the current dealt hand. This is designed to help you follow the progress of each hand. It will tell you when a player quits, plays or raises the stake within a particular hand, or whether a player is playing blind. Each player has three cards. For your opponents these are face down. If there are no cards next to a player then they have folded in this hand. Within the centre of the playing area are the values of the pot that is being played for and the value of the current stake. Near the bottom right of the screen are the game playing buttons. Here you select to deal, play, quit, raise and call.

Once you have studied your three cards decide whether you wish to continue playing or quit from this particular hand. To help decide whether you have a high scoring hand the ranking order is listed below.

Card Combinations

For a hand to continue two players need to decide to continue for the hand to progress. There will be occasions when you deal that all the other players decide not to play and your only option is to deal again. I know this is annoying, especially if you have a pryle of threes but rules is rules!

If you decide to quit the other players will continue without you and finish the particular hand until a winner is found. They may all quit in which case a new deal is required. If everybody quits and a new deal takes place then each players adds £1 to the value of the current pot being played for. If you decide to play and there are two or more other players who wish to continue you will then get them option to raise the stake currently being played for. If you raise the stake then each time any player wishes to continue they must also put the current stake into the current pot. Once there are only yourself and one other player left you have the option to call your opponent. This will allow you to see what cards they have. To call you have to enter double the current stake into the current pot. If you and your opponent have identical cards then you will lose because you called.

Three Card Brag

Steps to follow to play 3 Card Brag.

1. Select deal, you will then see your cards and entry stakes are entered into pot.

2. Decide whether to Play or Quit the round.

3. Continue selecting Play, Raise or Quit, (maybe Call) until a winner is found.

4. If you win a hand the pot is added to your bank balance and you will see the losers cards.

5. Once a hand has been completed (won), select Deal to start a new hand and be dealt a fresh set of cards.