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Burraco
Card games · Meld runs and sets, build a burraco and go out before Hops.
Play Burraco free online against Hops: the Italian rummy-style card game for two with two decks and four jokers. Lay down runs and sets, build a burraco of seven cards, take your pozzetto and go out first. Pick a quick game to 1005 or a full game to 2005, and press Teach me if you want Hops to point out the best move. Play one on one, in partners (two against two, with Hops, Pip and Shelly filling the other seats) or online with friends and other players.
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How to play
- Each player gets 13 cards. Two extra piles of 11, the pozzetti, wait on the table. One card starts the discard pile; the rest is the deck.
- On your turn draw a card from the deck, or take the whole discard pile if its top card fits a meld (it must be used straight away).
- Lay down melds: 3 or more cards of the same rank, or of the same suit in a row (the Ace can be low or high). Jokers and 2s are wild, but only one per meld.
- A meld of 7 or more cards is a burraco: +200 points if it has no wild card (clean), +100 if it does (dirty). Add cards to your melds any time.
- End your turn with a discard. Empty your hand once and you take your pozzetto. To go out for good you need a burraco on the table: you get +100 and the hand is scored. First to the goal wins.
Tips to win
- Take the pile when it is big or its top card extends a meld: all those cards are extra material and extra points.
- Aim for a clean burraco early: it is worth twice a dirty one, so keep the jokers and 2s for gaps you really can't fill.
- Don't throw cards you can add to a meld on the table, and never throw a wild card unless you must: Hops will grab the pile.
- Watch what Hops picks up and what he throws. If he keeps taking the pile, bury the cards that match his melds.
- Take your pozzetto soon. If your hand ends without it you lose 100 at the end of the hand.
- Cards left in your hand count against you, so lay down the high ones (Aces, jokers) before the hand ends.
- Learning? Press Teach me: Hops shows whether to draw or take the pile, which cards to meld and what to throw, with the reason in one line. Coached games are practice and don't count as wins.
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How do you play Burraco?
Two players get 13 cards from two decks plus four jokers. Each turn you draw (or take the discard pile), lay down runs and sets, and discard. Melds of 7 cards are burracos and score big bonuses. Take your pozzetto when your hand empties, and go out with a burraco on the table. Hands are scored and the first player to the goal wins.
What is a burraco?
A meld of seven or more cards. A clean (pure) burraco has no wild card and scores +200; a dirty (semi-clean) one uses a joker or a 2 as a stand-in and scores +100. The cards inside score on top.
What is the pozzetto?
A separate pile of 11 cards for each side. When you empty your hand (by melding or discarding) you pick up your pozzetto and keep playing. If you finish the hand without ever taking it, you lose 100 points.
Can I take the discard pile any time?
On your draw, if the top card can be melded at once, either added to a meld you already have or combined with two cards from your hand. You take the whole pile and must use that top card before the turn ends.
How is Burraco scored?
Each card in a meld scores its value: Ace 15, 2 20, joker 30, 8 to King 10, 3 to 7 five. You add burraco bonuses (+200 clean, +100 dirty), +100 for going out, then subtract the cards left in your hand and 100 if you never took the pozzetto.
Can I play Burraco in partners or online?
Yes. Pick Partners (2 vs 2) for the four-player game: you and Hops against Pip and Shelly, 11 cards each, with shared melds and one pozzetto per team. Press Online to play a friend or another player at a table of two or four; Hops fills any empty seat.