Pimps & Hoes

Contributed by Joe V. & Raymond C.

• A Game for 2 or 4 players.
• 52 card deck ( No Jokers )
• Start with 7 cards.
• For 2 players only: Draw 5 cards a turn. The Last time you draw you should come out with 3 cards.
  [This seems wrong. 2*7 + 2*5 + 2*5 + 2*5 = 44. So after three turns there should be 8 cards left - four each. JM]
• For 4 players only: Draw 3 cards a turn. It will come out even.
• Keep as many cards you want through out the game. You want to keep all face cards and Aces. But at the end you can only have 7 to present.
• High score wins.

Scoring

Pimps: ( Aces )

• Any pimp = 8 pts
• Queen with a pimp = 10 pts
• King with a pimp = 5 pts
• Jack with a pimp = 4 pts

4 cards to a pimp

You count the value of the pimp and the other face cards on the pimp with the scoring above.

So, say you have Q, Q, K, J on a pimp. You count the 8 pts for the pimp, then the 10 pts for both the Q, 5 pts for the K, and 4 pts for the J. So, all together you have 37 pts for that set up.

Couples:

• King with a Queen = 8 pts
• Jack with a Queen = 7 pts
• Queen with a Queen = 5 pts
• King with a King = 5 pts
• Jack with a Jack = 3 pts
• King with a Jack = 4 pts

2 cards to a couple

Singles:

• King = 2 pts
• Queen = 2 pts
• Jack = 1 pts

Anything below a Jack is worthless

I have not been able to contact the inventor to get answers to questions. As far as I can tell, the game amounts to dividing the pack equally between the players (though they collect them in stages), each of whom then select their highest scoring 5 cards according to the above scoring. Presumably one card can belong to at most one scoring combination - pimp, couple or single. JM.