A small story about holdem poker - PART III or Bouillote, Brelan and Brag

In the period around the French Revolution (1789) was the card game “Bouillote” or “Brelan” and became a very popular pastime in krisengebeutelten France.

Piquet was played with cards, which are already the playing cards, which until now also be used in the poker. But instead of 52 French cards were only 32 cards - also from seven to Ass Three to five people were in the game. Five players were sevens, with four players in addition to boys and three women players still away. Before the game had an ante set, then were given the cards face - three cards per player.
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Enter the next card was open to all on the table, the so-called “Reto Urn” card, which was for all players. Now began setting and either went with it increased or someone or got out.
Did they all bets made so did the showdown, the highest winning hand:
The card value was Bouillote / Brelan is defined as:
Brelan carrĂ©: Four same with the “Reto Urn” as one of the four cards.
Brelan simple: Three same. Hielten two players three equal values, so decided the rank ace counted as the highest card.
Brelan favori: Three Reto same with the urn as one of the three cards.

If neither “Brelan carrĂ©”, “Brelan simple” nor “Brelan favori” there, then the points of the cards together. The ace had 11 points, the picture cards per 10, the rest of the cards according to their number Who the highest number of points could achieve was the winner.

But the British were (and are) enthusiastic card game. This here, the holdem poker game was similar in the 17th Century and called himself “Brag”. It took minimum five, six or more players, and you played with a package of 52 French cards. To determine the sites was the complete game in half moon on the table spread. Each player took a leaf . Who pulled the lowest card was the first donor and chose its place. After all the players had agreed a certain amount (to 3 split pot). There are 2 cards face down and one face down to each player.

The game was the first pot:
The first game was just the cards of players rated, who is the highest card (regardless of color), had won the first pot. The value was from Ace to two. If two players had the same cards, then won the one who sat closer to the donor. The exception was the ace of diamonds, she could beat all other cards, the profit was secure.

The game of the second pot:
Still using the same cards in hand, was talking about the card value bet. It was the player after the donor start - there was only one bet. He could check, or raise. Each subsequent player could decide whether to follow, call off or wanted. The amount was the second pot dazugelegt. Then, all still in the game remaining players show their cards and the following criteria:
Royal Pair = three equal cards
Pair a pair =

Have two or more players a “Pair Royal” or a “pair”, then won again the one who sat closer to the donor. The cross-Jack and sometimes Jack of Diamonds and could be considered as a kind of joker can be used. A “pair” could become a “Pair Royal” to be made because the Cross / Karo-Jack the value of the couple source. Goods both boys - in other words Cross and diamonds - in the game, it was the cross-boys a higher value disclosure. That was only to train but when two players, the same couple (from the card value), and each of them have also either the cross or diamond-boys held. Otherwise, decided the amount of the couple, as the Jack the value of the couple had to accept. The best hand was the second Pott win when there is neither a “Pair Royal” nor a “pair” were, then the highest card decided the winner (Ace to two).

The game of the third pot:
Quite similar to the “throbbing” or “Poque” (see “A Little History of holdem poker - PART II or The Poque / throbbing and As-Nas”), there were at the “Brag” is a third round, but still with the same Maps, as well as the first and second pot. Since the round to the second pot now open all the cards on the table were the respective points of the cards together. The goal was to either 31 points or as close as possible to 31 points them. The ace was eleven or alternatively one point, picture cards ten points and the rest depending on its card value. In addition, it was possible from the Talon to buy tickets, but who is over 31 points came immediately had lost.

If a player won all three pots, he had the remaining players still have a bonus pay. Before the start was almost always agreed that only the games finished, after each player is given an equal number of lots.

In “A Little History of holdem poker Part IV” will be the jump from Europe on the “big pond” in the United States. At the beginning of the holdem poker game, as we know it today, and what the game was so popular.