Talk:Canasta

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20:10, 25 December 2006 (UTC)Victuallersname

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Thanks, whoever added Hand and Foot. I'd been meaning to do that myself. PurplePlatypus 20:01, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

There was a small grammar error around " for a different number of cards than " which I have corrected. Victuallers 20:10, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Red vs black three as an initial upcard

I checked www.pagat.com and the US playing card company rules. According to pagat, if the initial upcard is a red three or a wild card, the pile is frozen, and a new card is turned on the top of the upcard. According to the US playing card company rules, the previous scenario happens if the initial upcard is any three or a wild card. I do not have the Regency Club rules at hand right now, but if I remember correctly, according to them a new card is turned if the initial upcard is a three or a wild card, but only red threes and wild cards freeze the pile. (Of course, you cannot discard a red three, but a red three can still be the first upcard of a deal, which is not discarded but turned from the stock. HTH)Punainen Nörtti 07:59, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two Player Rules

no cite for this but i've played classic 2-player canasta for about fifteen years - one common variant to 2-player canasta (maybe these are 'midwest rules'?) has been that the pile does not get frozen if a red 3 or wildcard is initially turned up - you just keep turning over cards until it's covered. freezing the stack right off the bat kinda slows things down and canasta is already a pretty slow game. 63.238.226.118 21:18, 22 February 2007 (UTC)lonefrontranger

[edit] Acaba

I have always played canasta and 2-player with a rule called acaba. If a player says Acaba then the opponent(s) score 1500 points and the team or player who said it scores 0. Is anyone else familiar with this rule? It works well in situations where a team has picked up such a good pack that the opponents stand no chance of recovering the hand and if they can't go out they can loose the entire game in one hand.

In 4 player you are allowed to ask your team mate "Shall I say acaba?" in which case you are bound by their answer.

Unfortunately I'm not sure of the spelling of acaba which makes searching for references to it very hard.
Slangivar 16:50, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Acaba"

Acaba means "to finish" in Portuguese, in which case your spelling is correct. Perhaps that also has something to do with how the word is used during gameplay? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.177.110.160 (talk) 02:18, 21 March 2008 (UTC)