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Big Two Wikipedia

The card game Big Two (Chinese language|Chinese: 大二; pinyin: d? ?r; Cantonese language|Cantonese: Chor Dai Dee) is a variety of President (game)|President (also known as Asshole).

The game is popular in East Asia, especially Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is played both casually and as a gambling game. It is usually played with three or four players, the entire deck being delt out in either case. The object of the game is to get rid of all one's cards, and to be the first to do so.

The main variations are:

# Suit matters - Spade > Heart > Club > Diamond. So a Single can beat another Single of same rank with a higher suit. Also, a double can beat a double if it has the Spade of that rank.
# "Poker" hands are played. This includes Straights, Flushes, Full House and Four-Of-A-Kind. They cannot be played on singles/doubles/triples, and vice-versa. Higher hands beat lower hands.
# 2 does not beat doubles, only it is the highest single. (Jokers can beat everything, as always, if played with jokers.)

Last Modified:   2005-02-27