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Card games in Ukraine

This page is part of the National and Regional Card Games Index of the Card Games Web Site.

I am grateful to Vladlen Zeniukov for the information on which this page is based.

The most popular strategic card games in Ukraine are:

• Preference - similar to the game played in Russia
• Deberz - a two-player game very similar to Clobyosh
• King - played with 32 cards - there are a few variations
• Terz - a jass game for two players
• Tysiacha (1000) - a trcik-taking game for three players with 24 cards.

Some less serious games played in Ukraine are:

• Durak ( The Fool ) - played in many variations.
• Bura - a relatively simple point-trick game in which each player is dealt three cards.
• Seka - a gambling game with 36 cards, in which the value of a hand is obtained by adding the values of cards in the best suit
• Nine - a game realted to Fan Tan.
• Drunkards
• Witch

Some lesser known games:

• Picket (Piquet)
• Bezik (Bezique)

You can obtain computer versions of 1000, Picket, Bezique, Terz and Deberz from Vladlen Zeniukov's Card Parade web site.

The World Casino Directory includes a listing of Casinos in Ukraine.