So did you win or lose in the card games?

Bereta_Eder · January 1, 2003, 07:50

You play card games after the coming of the new year after midnight, right?
won or lost?

I won 38 whole.... peanuts

MarkG · January 1, 2003, 08:00

i won 21 beans

VJ · January 1, 2003, 09:36

Humm? What did you play? We played Chicago, got 56 points,
crushed all my friends. Game lasted ~6 hours.

Skanky Burns · January 1, 2003, 11:22

Uno, and my 7 year-old niece kicked the **** out of the rest of us.

Chris 62 · January 1, 2003, 13:22

The Greeks are such playboys...

Immortal Wombat · January 1, 2003, 14:06

I won 54 pieces of pasta!

MarkG · January 1, 2003, 14:29

Quote:

Originally posted by Chris 62
The Greeks are such playboys...

you know chris, you should put in your new year's resolution to do something with your hatred to greece....

Chris 62 · January 1, 2003, 14:36

I love Greece!

Some of the Greeks however....

MarkG · January 1, 2003, 14:48

oh my! for the first time you're direct!

what have i done to you?

Chris 62 · January 1, 2003, 14:53

My, my, aern't we self concious...did I say you Mark me lad?

I could have been referring to my idiot cousin Fachi, or maybe that dopey cousin I sponcered for US citizenship, Matulah, maybe it's my uncle Stavros...

MarkG · January 1, 2003, 15:02

there was just me and paiktis on this thread and you make a comment about the greeks. i can take a hint you know....

Chris 62 · January 1, 2003, 15:05

Be nice, and I MIGHT introduce ya to Matulah, they say say she has a REAL future as a fashion model, could be the next super model.

MarkG · January 1, 2003, 15:21

sigh....

whatever.....

Chris 62 · January 1, 2003, 15:31

Your loss.

But when you see her in magazines, don't come whining to me.

axi · January 1, 2003, 20:32

I played two times, once poka and once 21. I lost 5 Euro both times.

Why do you write Matoula with an "h" at the end?

Btw, where are you from exactly Chris? I mean which part of Greece?

Does anyone know how to play preference (prefa)?

Bereta_Eder · January 2, 2003, 04:26

We played 31.

I was mana all the time since I never got burned

Then I relinquished mana to someone else.

2 peanuts = 1 euro.

Dont know how to play prefa not even poka.

Bereta_Eder · January 2, 2003, 04:31

BTW there was a difference of opinions.

In 31 (or 21) WHEN do you bet?

Do you bet when all the one cards are layed on the table?

Or do you bet after mana has revieled all of his/hers cards except the one?

Bereta_Eder · January 2, 2003, 04:35

Or do you bet BOTH times?

axi · January 2, 2003, 08:29

You bet once.

21 is played very differently than 31 which you describe. In 21 the mana put a sum on the table, deals one hidden card each and then plays one-on-one with each of the players, hidden to the players and open to himself. Each player adds or removes his bet to the money pile. If at the end of the turn the money is tripled, a final round is dealt, called "stouki" where there is no limit on your bet (whereas before you could only double or halve your prevoius bet) and after that mana is the next player. If the money is all lost, if it is the first round, the mana has the right to put some more and do another round, otherwise mana goes to the next. Anything between that and the same mana continues. We play without figures, 5 and 6, aces count for 11 and there is no 14.

Bereta_Eder · January 2, 2003, 10:36

wait and lets switch to greek cause in english its hard to understand

Quote:

Originally posted by axi
You bet once.

21 is played very differently than 31 which you describe. In 21 the mana put a sum on the table, deals one hidden card each and then plays one-on-one with each of the players, hidden to the players and open to himself.

me alla logia i mana exei anoixta ola ta xartia ths?

Quote:

Each player adds or removes his bet to the money pile.

pote to kanei auto;
me ka8e neo fyllo poy mirazei i mana;

gia na katalabo kai ta ypoloipa 8a prpei na mou apantiseis sta proanaferthenta (sic)

Capt Dizle · January 2, 2003, 10:49

The only Greek person I know, and I only know him by his behavior in running this forum, is MarkG. And if he is representative of Greeks at large then I must thank God we don't have any Greeks hereabouts.