TRINKA card game

Trinka is a gambling game from Eastern Europe that came to Lithuania and is widely played, resembling poker with "Black Jack". The rules and nuances of the game are a bit simpler and do not require a lot of strategy, which is why it is popularly regarded as a fun substitute for the most popular games of chance.

How many players play?

Trinket can be played by two to eight people. 

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Played with a regular deck of cards ranging from nines to aces. P.S. If more players are playing, more cards are played, as each player must have at least 3 cards and some cards must be set aside for contribution.

Card rank queue: 

Ace - 11 points

10 points - 10 points

Ninelegs - 9 points

Karalius - 8 points

Dama - 7 points

Valletta - 6 points

Cards in Trinca are seen in two ways - as a sample and as a set of received cards. Any sample, however, is of greater value than a set of individual cards, the value of which is measured by the sum of the points of the cards collected.

Samples of cards (from highest to lowest)

Corners - three cards of the same rank, such as three Jacks or three Kings. The value of the sample is determined by the rank of the cards that make up the sample: the lowest values are three nines (27 points) and the highest are three aces (33 points).

Trinka - three cards of the same family (Drums, Hearts, Spades, Clubs). If both players have a three of a kind, the higher-ranking card is the one with the higher card point total. The highest ranked triple consists of an Ace, a Ten and a Nine.

KQV - king, queen and jack, but all must come from different families (e.g. jack of hearts, king of clubs and queen of diamonds).

Empty (wood, yeast) - nine, ten and ace (points total 0), but again all must be from different families.

Two basses - two Aces and any other card. This take is also sometimes called Twenty-two, such as Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Clubs and King of Clubs - the sum of their points is 22.

Eye - a sample worth 21 points. Only the points of cards from one family (e.g. Queens of Hearts and Nines of Hearts) are added together.

 "Trinka" dictionary

As already mentioned, there are many variations, rules and even move names for this game in Lithuania.

Here are some explanations in case you encounter any uncertainties while playing.

• Cooked – redraw the cards.
• Pound – Bidding a pound is like asking if the player after you wants to replay the game.
• Fine - jIf another player offers you a pound and you don't accept, you can get a penalty.
• Firewood (yeast) - bcards with a point total of 0.
• Go to - tContinue the game by dropping money in the bank.
• Play in the dark - žplay without seeing the cards. Dark play is allowed when the player owns the turn. "The player must roll a predetermined, but doubled, amount of money when 'darkening' the game.
• Contribution (stafka) - ia pre-determined amount at stake.
• Banks - vwhere the money is placed.
• To fall off (fall down) - pwithdraw from the game.
• Log in - iIf you drop out of the game, you can rejoin when the game is replayed. You can join by depositing half of the amount you have collected in the bank, e.g. if you have €10 in the bank, you need to deposit €5 to continue playing.
• Trinka – 3 cards of the same rank, such as 3 aces or 3 kings.
• Colour – 3 cards of the same family, for example 3 hearts or 3 drums.
• Joker – Some players also add jokers to the game to replace whichever card you need most at the time.

How to play Trinka? 

The aim of the game

The main objective of Trinka is to win the pot, which is made up of players' contributions. The players' task is to collect a sample, known as a Trinka, which is a certain number of cards and points. Players thus compete against each other and the player who scores the most points and collects the trinket is declared the honourable winner. Quite often, players think that this game can only be won if they are dealt a very good, high-scoring hand, because if the cards are not favourable, it is bluffing, which can only be won if it is well mastered.

Game progress

The cards must first be dealt, but before each deal is made, the players put a pre-agreed minimum amount of cards into the pot, known in the game as the Contribution (let's make it €1 in this case). The elected dealer shuffles the cards and passes them to the player to his right. The latter decides how the Trinka cards are dealt. Each player is given three cards, which can be dealt three times, one at a time, three at once, or two at a time and one at another time. Any cards remaining after the deal are set aside.

The game is played anti-clockwise. The player to the left of the dealer starts first. The first player is partially successful, because he has the choice of continuing to play (making an additional deposit into the pot and increasing it to, say, €2) or offering to redraw the cards - in Trinca, this action is called cooking. Of course, you have to remember that cooking requires the support of all players. If it is agreed, then each player replenishes the pot with the minimum amount agreed in advance, and the player who made the bid shuffles and becomes the dealer and deals the cards.

Players take turns to announce their decision whether to reshuffle or continue playing. If at least one player does not agree to turn over the cards, the player who made the offer may ask them to pay a penalty. The amount of the fine (as well as the initial minimum buy-in) is agreed in advance (say €2). This is where the fun begins - the player who asks for the fine must also pay it himself. If the player who receives the penalty decides not to continue playing, he/she has to deposit the same amount as the player who fined him/her (€2), and if he/she continues to play, he/she has to deposit twice the amount (€4). The game is played in a round-robin fashion until those who do not wish to continue withdraw from the game and only two players are left to face each other in a decisive battle. They then put the lowest agreed amount back into the pot and turn over their cards.

Winner

The player with the most points or the highest value sample of cards wins the pot. If the players have the same number of points, the pot is re-competed.

Thus, this game of chance is popular among theWith the growing number of people of all ages, not only in Eastern Europe but all over the world, online versions of the game are slowly emerging. Remember that you must first play for your own enjoyment and not just to win. Read more about the emergence of Trinka in Lithuania click here.

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