Tippen

Tippen is a historical German three-card, plain-trick gambling game for three or more players. It is also known as Dreiblatt, Dreikart, Drei Karten, Dreekort, Kleinpréférence and Labet. The name is German for tapping and refers to the habit of a player tapping a finger on the table to show that he means to play rather than drop out of the deal. The game is recorded as a gambling game in 1790 and 1807, and the earliest description of its rules appears in 1821 under the name Drei Karten. It is played with a 32-card Piquet pack, or a 52-card whist pack when more people take part. Each player is dealt three cards, the next card is turned up for trumps, and a player who stays in must win at least one trick or pay into the pot. The Danish version is known as Trekort and more elaborate Swedish variants include Knack and Köpknack. It appears related to the English game of Three-Card Loo, and in some places it was banned as a gambling game.