Big Two

The card game Big Two is a variety of President (or Asshole).

The game is popular in East Asia, especially Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is played both casually and as a gambling game.

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)

External links

http://www.pagat.com/climbing/bigtwo.html (http://www.pagat.com/climbing/bigtwo.html) - rules on several variants
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~vyeh/big2.html (http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~vyeh/big2.html) - rules

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