Big Two

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Big Two is a popular East Asian shedding-type card game, especially common in Chinese communities, where players race to be the first to discard all their cards using poker-like combinations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Big Two canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf card game ⓘ
climbing card game ⓘ
shedding-type card game ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Choh Dai Di ⓘ
Da Lao Er ⓘ
Dai Di ⓘ
Deuces ⓘ
Pusoy Dos ⓘ
cardRankingFeature 2 is the highest rank ⓘ
3 is the lowest rank ⓘ
combinationType five-card poker hand ⓘ
pair ⓘ
single card ⓘ
three-of-a-kind ⓘ
fiveCardCombinationType flush ⓘ
four-of-a-kind with kicker ⓘ
full house ⓘ
straight ⓘ
straight flush ⓘ
genre climbing game ⓘ
shedding-type card game ⓘ
goal be the first player to discard all cards ⓘ
hasChineseName 大老二 ⓘ
鋤大D ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
maximumPlayerCount 4 ⓘ
minimumPlayerCount 2 ⓘ
originRegion East Asia ⓘ
playMechanism players must play a higher combination than the previous play or pass ⓘ
popularIn Chinese communities ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Macau ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
relatedGame President (card game) ⓘ
Tichu ⓘ
Zheng Shangyou ⓘ
scoringFeature points or money often based on number of cards left in opponents’ hands ⓘ
startingPlayerRule player with the lowest card usually starts the first trick ⓘ
strategyFeature hand management is important ⓘ
timing of high cards is important ⓘ
suitRankingFeature suits are ranked from lowest to highest ⓘ
turnStructure players play in clockwise order ⓘ
typicalPlayerCount 4 ⓘ
typicalSetting family occasions ⓘ
gambling environments ⓘ
social gatherings ⓘ
uses standard 52-card deck ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Big Two derby → alsoKnownAs → Big Two ⓘ