After the cards have been shuffled and the pack cut by one of the players, the banker draws the two cards from the bottom of the pack and places them face upwards on the table (the bottom layout), and then the two cards from the top of the pack and places them face upwards on the table (the top layout).

Banker pays four units to players who stake on the top layout and collects the three units on the bottom layout. If the game had been a diamond, all poker players would have won; if a club all would have lost

THE PLAY

The players place their bets up to an agreed maximum on whichever layout they choose. The banker then turns the pack face upwards and if the exposed bottom card (known as the gate) is of the same suit as any of the four cards in the layouts, he pays all bets on that layout, and collects all bets on a layout that shows no cards of the same suit as the gate.

The layouts and gate are then discarded, and the game is continued with new layouts and gate. The bank passes after five coups.

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