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Gnau
Gnau (also Ngau, or Ngao in British Chinese; lit. 'ox') is a card game that originated in Malaysia which uses one or more standard 52-card decks of French-suited playing cards. It can be played casually or as a gambling game with at least two players; as each player is dealt five cards with no discards or redraws, it can be played with up to as many players as the number of cards allows.
The game uses a standard 52-card deck, with thirteen cards in four suits. Extra decks may be used if more than 10 players are playing. One player volunteers to be the dealer. The dealer then shuffles the cards and distributes them in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner to all players, including the dealer; each player receives 5 cards for their hand. The extra cards are put aside.
Each card carries an "Ox point" value generally equal to its face value, with the exception of 3 and 6 (which can score either 3 or 6) and the face cards, which each score 10.
A player is "enabled" for scoring by identifying three (of the five) cards in their hand for which either:
Either of these conditions makes that player "scoring eligible" (開局; hoi1 guk6); these three cards are sometimes called the player's "ox" or "passport". To compute the sum of the "ox" or "passport", Baccarat point values may be used as an alternative methodology, with the exception of the 3 and 6; the goal is to have a sum of 0 (modulo 10). The two remaining cards are used to determine the player's "Ox power" (score).
Because the 3 and 6 can score either 3 or 6 Ox points, there may be more than one way to become eligible from the three cards. The player should choose the way that makes the most powerful Ox with the two remaining cards.
The highest Ox power is assigned to the case where all five cards in the player's hand are face cards, i.e., J, Q, or K; in some cases, 10 is considered a face card as it has the same point value. This condition is called "All-Big" or "Five Dukes".
Similarly, if all five cards are low-Ox-value (A, 2, 3, or 4), this condition is called "All-Small" and ranks second only to the Five Dukes hand.
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Gnau
Gnau (also Ngau, or Ngao in British Chinese; lit. 'ox') is a card game that originated in Malaysia which uses one or more standard 52-card decks of French-suited playing cards. It can be played casually or as a gambling game with at least two players; as each player is dealt five cards with no discards or redraws, it can be played with up to as many players as the number of cards allows.
The game uses a standard 52-card deck, with thirteen cards in four suits. Extra decks may be used if more than 10 players are playing. One player volunteers to be the dealer. The dealer then shuffles the cards and distributes them in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner to all players, including the dealer; each player receives 5 cards for their hand. The extra cards are put aside.
Each card carries an "Ox point" value generally equal to its face value, with the exception of 3 and 6 (which can score either 3 or 6) and the face cards, which each score 10.
A player is "enabled" for scoring by identifying three (of the five) cards in their hand for which either:
Either of these conditions makes that player "scoring eligible" (開局; hoi1 guk6); these three cards are sometimes called the player's "ox" or "passport". To compute the sum of the "ox" or "passport", Baccarat point values may be used as an alternative methodology, with the exception of the 3 and 6; the goal is to have a sum of 0 (modulo 10). The two remaining cards are used to determine the player's "Ox power" (score).
Because the 3 and 6 can score either 3 or 6 Ox points, there may be more than one way to become eligible from the three cards. The player should choose the way that makes the most powerful Ox with the two remaining cards.
The highest Ox power is assigned to the case where all five cards in the player's hand are face cards, i.e., J, Q, or K; in some cases, 10 is considered a face card as it has the same point value. This condition is called "All-Big" or "Five Dukes".
Similarly, if all five cards are low-Ox-value (A, 2, 3, or 4), this condition is called "All-Small" and ranks second only to the Five Dukes hand.