Cuarenta

Cuarenta Card game

Cuarenta is a card game that is played in South America. However, it has become a national pastime in Ecuador.

Cuarenta is considered a "fishing" game. It is played by either 2 or 4 players. The only materials needed are a regular deck of cards and a means of keeping score - paper and pen or pencil work fine.

Cuarenta is a quick game. The name Cuarenta comes from the number of cards that are used and the number of points needed to win the game.

The first thing you need to do in order to play Cuarenta is to take all of the 8's, 9's, and 10's out of the card deck - set them aside. The remaining 40 cards are the deck you will play with. For a hand the dealer deals 5 cards to each player. After all players have played their 5 cards the dealer deals again and so on until the cards have all been played.

Matching: Take a card of the same value

Caída - Taking the card just laid down by the previous player = 2 points

Addition - picking up two or more cards that add up to the value of your card. Number cards only.

Sequence - when you match a card and have other cards in sequence after the match you get all of them.

Sequence with face cards - from 7 to Jack

Limpia - when a player takes all of the cards on the table on his play = 2 points

End of round / scoring - A team with 20 cards scores 6 points. An additional 2 points is scored for each 2 cards that team has over 20. If neither has 20 cards the greater number gets 2 points. If both teams have 20 cards the non-dealing team scores 6 points.

The game ends when a team reaches 40 points.

In the following video listen for the comment of the players. Can you tell what they are saying?

http://www.ecuador.com/blog/cuarenta-ecuador-s-popular-card-game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuarenta

http://www.geocities.ws/SiliconValley/Heights/5344/

http://latinamericacurrentevents.com/cuarenta-the-national-card-game-of-ecuador/29942/

https://www.pagat.com/fishing/cuarenta.html

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