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| Author: | El Ciego [ Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:00 pm ] |
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Here's kind of an oddball question for you all. Do the casinos in C.R. use the French-style playing cards with which we're all familiar (suits of clubs, spades, diamonds, hearts) or do the casinos use the Spanish naipes (suits of espadas, bastos, oros/monedas, copas)? Just curious, as I can't see the cards. Thanks. |
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| Author: | Bktuna [ Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:32 pm ] |
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French style, just like the US BKTUNA I am never going home |
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| Author: | El Viejo [ Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:42 pm ] |
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I didn' even know there were two types of playing cards. My mum is a professional gambler and when I asked her to teach me how to playpoker when I was 16 she cleaned me out during the introductory session and I have not played since except for 2-3 times at Blackjack. Maybe her lesson was deliberate 
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| Author: | El Ciego [ Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:56 pm ] |
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Yes. The traditional Spanish "baraja" (deck) of naipes (playing cards) uses four suits, copas (cups, equivalent to our Hearts), bastos (sticks, literally "clubs"), oros (gold coins, equivalent to our Diamonds) and espadas (swords/spades). Also, the traditional deck omits the tens, thus making the traditional deck 40 cards rather than 52. Jokers are included also. The largest printers of these Spanish decks are Fournier in Spain and Modiano in Italy, however U.S. Playing Card Co. has produced the Spanish decks on an irregular basis. If not in the casinos, BK...I'm wondering if folks play the Spanish-style decks at home. BTW, I'll bring a deck of Spanish "naipes" with me when I come to C.R. 
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| Author: | Irish Drifter [ Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:19 pm ] |
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El Ciego wrote: Also, the traditional deck omits the tens, thus making the traditional deck 40 cards rather than 52. Jokers are included also.
Shouldn't omitting 10's and including jokers result in a 50 card deck? How can omitting one number result in the loss of more than 4 cards? What did I miss here? |
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| Author: | El Ciego [ Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:24 am ] |
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Irish Drifter wrote: El Ciego wrote: Also, the traditional deck omits the tens, thus making the traditional deck 40 cards rather than 52. Jokers are included also. Shouldn't omitting 10's and including jokers result in a 50 card deck? How can omitting one number result in the loss of more than 4 cards? What did I miss here? Thanks for catching the typo. Meant to type 48, not 40... because I was excluding the jokers. Yes, if one counts the jokers, the traditional deck is 50 cards. 
Also, I've learned that shortened decks are sold for some games. These decks are 40 (no typo) card decks. I believe the 8's, 9's and 10's are excluded (and I'm not considering the jokers as part of this deck either, because they are not used in any game for which this shortened deck is used, even though the jokers are included to use as emergency replacements for lost/marked cards). Now, Irish...with all your local knowledge, perhaps you would answer the unanswered question as to whether or not the Spanish deck is used outside of casinos which serve gringos.  But again, thanks for catching my typo.
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