Crash (card game)

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Crash is a British card game based on the game of Brag (also known as Three card brag). In Crash, there is no betting, as in Brag, but rather players aim to reach a total of 11 points, gained over successive deals, or else to 'crash', meaning to win the game outright by means of winning all four tricks in one deal.

Players are dealt 13 cards each and must sort their hand into 4 Brag hands of three cards(or in a case of 4 of a kind situation,1 hand of 4) and discard the remaining card. The hands rank as in Brag. Once the players have sorted their hands, each plays their highest ranked hand, and the player playing the highest gains one point (if hands are tied, no-one scores). Players then play their second-best hands, then third best, then final hands. Note that most schools do not accept 'high card' hands, and many do not accept 'pairs', which means that it is quite common for a player not to have four hands.

This game is very popular in pubs and bars in the UK and sometimes gambling is involved,all these rules depend on the rules in a house:

The number of points is reduced to 7, A Entry fee is used into a prize kitty and all players pay regardless of if they play or not(Commonly £1)

If more than 4 players are involved,every player gets dealt a card, and if they receive a jack they enter the game,then stop receiving cards,this goes on until all players are dealt jacks.

At the end of the game, every player except the winner must pay the winner for each point not earned(usually 20p) - for example

PLAYER A - 4/7 PLAYER B - 7/7 PLAYER C - 0/7 PLAYER D - 6/7

Player A owes player B 60p,Player c £1.40 and Player D 20p

If a player crashes then double the money for each point not earned is doubled(ie say player B won on a crash then Player c owes £2.80)however this win can only be earned if a player needs more than 4 points to win

If a player receives 4 of a kind in a hand, then as long as he has the best hand in a go(in the event of 2 or more players receiving a 4 of a kind) then they receive half the entry bet off each player in the game (usually 50p)

The highest hand is a 4 4 of a kind , followed by Aces,Kings and so on

Then it is a prial of 3's followed by a prial of Aces and down

After this is a run, a Run with the same suit(also called a bouncer) all the way through is worth more than a regular run , and Ace,2,3 is the highest run,followed by ace,king,queen down

Finally flushes are the lowest hand, with ace being the highest card and 2 the lowest. - some games do not allow scoring by flushes