Brag is an eighteenth century British card game and the British national representative of the vying or bluffing family of gambling games. It descends from the Elizabethan game of Primero and is one of several ancestors of poker, differing from the modern game mainly in its style of betting and its hand rankings. It has been described as the longest-standing British representative of the poker family. Players bet on the strength of their hands and may bluff rivals into folding, and the highest hand in the popular three-card version is a prial of threes.
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Playing Time Band Playing Time Skill or Luck Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player Count Player CountLarge Group or Variable 1 Sport
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Source Pagat (John McLeod): Crash (13-card Brag)
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Source Brag (card game) (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentenceQuote, Lead, first sentence
British card game
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1. Brag (card game) (Wikipedia)
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2 upwards
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5-10 min.
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Medium
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British card game
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family of gambling games
Derived From: Primero, Lead, second sentence
It is a descendant of the Elizabethan game of Primero
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- Origin Year: 1600
- Playing Time: 10
- Designer: (Uncredited)
- Publisher: (Public Domain)
- Game Category: Bluffing
- Game Category: Card Game
- Game Mechanic: Betting and Bluffing
- Minimum Players: 4
- Maximum Players: 7
View the SourcePagat (John McLeod): Crash (13-card Brag)
Ancestor Of: Crash (card game), IntroductionQuote, Ancestor Of: Crash (card game), Introduction
on which the hand patterns are based
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