Turkish King
Turkish King (also called Rıfkı) is a compendium game for four players comprising 20 rounds. It is popular in Turkey, as well as France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Colombia, and Brazil.[1]
Rules
Turkish King is played with a Turkish 52-card pack, with cards ranking in their natural order, Aces high.
Deal and play are anti-clockwise. The dealer shuffles and the player facing him cuts. All cards are then dealt.
Turkish King is made up of six negative contracts and one positive:
- No King: King of ♥ scores −320
- No Girls: Each queen scores −100
- No Boys: Each jack or king scores −60
- No Hearts: Each heart scores −30
- No Last Two, or No Seventh and Last: Each of last two tricks (or 7th and last) scores −180
- No Tricks: Each trick scores −50
- Trump: Each trick scores +50
Each negative contract is played only twice (as opposed to the four times as in regular barbu) during the game, and the trump contract is played a total of eight times. Deal passes between each hand (as in quick rotation barbu) and each player chooses just three negative and two trump contracts during the course of the game. In the end, scores add up to zero. All the players with positive score declared as winners and others as losers.[2]
