I posted some questions about this game here -- guess not many people know about the Palm Springs Party forum yet!

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...&threadid=81309

 

The game your describing sounds like "big 2". I'm surprised you live in Irvine and not know how to play. Just ask any asian over there. Basically the 2 is the highest, then ace, king, all the down to 3 which is the lowest. The suit follows as spade highest, heart, diamond, clubs lowest. Well... Its a bit long to say exactly how to play so I'll leave the rest to you to find out

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MeTh222
[B]The game your describing sounds like "big 2".

 

In the version I'm used to, it's spade, heart club, diamond (black, red, black, red).

But I don't think there are really any hard and fast rules. I've played with people who accepts three of a kind as a set, and other say you can only form sets of a single card, pairs or five cards.

 

I've been playing this game with my family for quite a while now. The way we play it, the 3 of Diamonds starts the game. He can start it anyway he pleases whether it be single, pair, three of a kind, in a straight, a flush, full house, four-of-a-kind w/ another junk card, or any poker hand with five cards. Any poker hand has to be put down as five cards unless it's a single, pair, or three of a kind. 2 pairs and 4 of a kinds has to have a 5th card to complete it. Stongest suit is Spade, then Hearts, Clubs, and finally Diamonds.

We play this game for money too. For example, the person that gets rid of his entire hand first, collects say a quarter for each card the opponent has in his hand from each player. If say you win the hand, and one or all player/s has not put down any cards, then you triple the amount of cards that person has. For example: 4 players each has 13 cards. If someone wins, and no one has put down any, then the winner wins 13 x 3=39 x $0.25=$9.75 from each person that hasn't put down a single card.

If one of the losers had only put down one card, then he gets doubled instead of tripled.

It doesn't sound like much playing with quarters, but they do add up. You could play with $1 or whatever you prefer.

 

there are so many different variations: din lun, passoy dose, thirteen, etc. i'm used to playing reds are high and blacks are low, with hearts being the highest and spades being the lowest. it seems like diffent asians play with diffent rules for the same game

 

Yeah exactly. So what are these din lun, passoy dose variations you speak of?