&sq=&lang=&file=File:3_prial.jpg) The highest hand in Three-Card Brag: a prial of 3s | |
| Origin | English |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Brag |
| Type | Gambling |
| Players | 2 upwards |
| Skills | Counting |
| Cards | 52 cards |
| Deck | Anglo-American |
| Play | Clockwise |
| Playing time | 5–10 min. |
| Chance | Medium |
| Related games | |
| Stop the Bus | |
Brag is an 18th century British card game, and the British national representative of the vying or "bluffing" family of gambling games.[1] It is a descendant of the Elizabethan game of Primero[2] and one of the several ancestors to poker, the modern version just varying in betting style and hand rankings. It has been described as the "longest-standing British representative of the Poker family."[3]
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of Card games, p. 31, David Parlett ISBN 0-19-869173-4
- ^ Dawson 1923, p. 207.
- ^ Parlett 1991, p. 102.