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After all players have placed their cards, the House will reveal their hand by flipping their placed cards face-up. Each player may reveal their hand to challenge the current round, or accept defeat by throwing away their placed cards face-down into a discard pile. Accepting defeat allows players to keep their cards hidden and thus keep secret the remaining cards in play. The player who revealed the highest-ranked hand will win the current round and collect all played cards. The House player for the next round is determined and rounds repeat until all cards have been played.
313:), i.e. the leader for the round. There are many ways to designate the House player: the oldest, the most experienced, the highest-ranked drawn, etc. One way to become the House is for players to call out the name of the card as they are dealt. The first player to get the card they called will become the House. For following rounds, the House will be established by the next person sitting to the right. Alternatively, the next House player could be the winner or loser of the previous round.
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In some versions of the game, when playing with only two players, the same number of cards are left out as for three-player game. The deck is dealt as if three people are playing, but one pile remains face down for the duration of the game. Other versions of two-player games deal 16 cards to each player.
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523:"There is a 32 card pack used in Vietnam for the game Tam Cúc (three chrysanthemums). Unusually, this pack has cards in the same numbers as the pieces used for the board game Xiangqi - each colour one general, two each of majors, elephants, carts, cannons and horses, and five soldiers."
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Tam Cúc is a common game among the people. It has become a trademark for New Years and other large festivals or celebrations, so many famous
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