![]() In the first deal each player is dealt just one card in the second deal. The number of cards dealt changes from deal to deal. The dealer shuffles, the player to dealers right cuts, and the cards are dealt one at a time, face down, clockwise. ![]() We eventually decided that within the family it would be known as 'Gin and Tonic' because of this polynomenclature (Douglas Adams fans will understand).Ī variation we use applies when there is only one card dealt to each player, whereby the player shows their card to all the other players by placing it face-out on their forehead without seeing it themselves until after having made their bid. A game consists of 22 deals, the turn to deal passing to the left. Indeed, my father taught me how to play 'Oh Hell', and other the years I have discovered that many people know this game by disparate names - 'Up and Down The River' is another. I first came across it in '84 and we called it "Game with No Name" because the chap that taught the group of us at work didn't know what it was called - he'd learnt it on holiday in Spain from someone else who also didn't know what it was called. ![]() If you look this game up on Wikipedia, it has many names. Btw we called it Oh *****! (apologies to Jillybean) ![]()
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