Deuces

Since Nathan Wong wanted to blog about deuces and this was our last blog post of the year, well that's what I heard so okays. Also if you noticed, we wrote about the same topic last week also. xD
There are two different kinds of deuces, Vietnamese version and Chinese version. There might be more but those are the two main versions. According to Wikipedia, the Vietnamese version has other names like Killer, Up the Hill, and Thirteen. I have heard of people who call it Thirteen or Deuces but never heard of someone calling it Killer or Up the Hill, but I can guess why they named the game those names. Killer because the two (deuces) can kill any card it wants and it's the main "boss" as for Up the Hill, it could have been named that for the rankings and level of each specific card. So in the Vietnamese version of deuces, the ranking from highest to lowest numbers or characters are 2 K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3. The shapes in order are heart ♥, diamonds ♦, clovers ♣, and then spades ♠ as the lowest valued card.
This game involves up to four people with each person holding thirteen cards, even if it’s three or two people there should be thirteen cards in their hand. As for people who just want to play for fun, they can have as many cards as they want but it must be equal among the players. Once a combination is played, the next player must beat it with a higher combination including ranks and levels. Different combinations are singles, pairs, triples, and a straight with at least three cards played and up to any level until the Aces. Other special combinations are chops which is a sequence of the same number consecutively, like 3 3 4 4 5 5, and it must be more than three pairs. Paired sequences can beat the “killer” or deuce in the game. This game also involves instant wins which are four deuces, six consecutive pairs, and three triples (which are rarer than six consecutive pairs).
In the beginning of the game, most people would make up their own rules and the others would have to agree with it. Most people use this game to gamble and others like people younger than the age of ten would just play for funs or pocket change. According to Wikipedia again, you can change or swap cards with another player, but it’s not really fun if you can switch cards. Without swapping cards, you can use your brain and knowledge to win with a horrible hand that didn’t require changing. And if you change cards, you would be giving other players the chance to win.
Wow, I never knew that Deuces would be so complicated and that the way we play was wrong based on Wikipedia’s version. Oh well, I guess you don’t have to play it right if you want to have fun. :]