Truco

Truco comes in different flavors according to the country and regions where is played. In Plato Truco's the game can be played in the following variations:

• Argentinean Truco 🇦🇷 or Truco Gaúcho or Cego (Brazil 🇧🇷)
• Truco Mineiro and Truco Paulista (Brazil 🇧🇷)

While all variations keep the same game loop (See Gameplay) they differ in deck styles, cards ranking, bets and end game scoring goals.

Argentinean Truco 🇦🇷

• Spanish suited cards are used (see Spanish Deck).
• Top ranked cards (Cartas bravas)
  • Ace of Spades ♠️ ( 1 of Swords)
  • Ace of Clubs ♣️ ( 1 of Batons)
  • Seven of Spades ♠️ ( 7 of Swords)
  • Seven of Diamonds ♦️ ( 7 of Coins)

Remaining cards rank as follows: 3 > 2 > 1 > 12 > 11 > 10 > 7 > 6 > 5 > 4

• If a trick is tied ( same rank cards played) the trick is won by the first player that played the higher ranked card of the trick.
• Maximum bet per hand is 4 points starting by 1 and increased in 1 extra point per challenge.
• Can be played up to 15 or 30 points.

Truco Gaúcho or Truco Cego

Note: Truco Gaúcho or Truco Cego is a version played in Brazil similar to the described above where the only differences are that it is played with a standard card deck (French suited), score goal is 12 points and follows the Portuguese ancestry rule where the Queens rank lower than the Jacks.

Truco Mineiro 🇧🇷

• Standard suited deck.
• Top ranked cards (Manilhas)
  • Four of Clubs ♣️
  • Seven of Hearts ♥️
  • Ace of Spades ♠️
  • Seven of Diamonds ♦️
• Queens rank lower than the Jacks
• Remaining cards rank as follows: >3 > 2 > 1 > 12 > 10 > 11 > 7 > 6 > 5 > 4
• When a trick is tied, because there is more than one equally high card in the trick played by opposing teams, the hand is won by the first team that won a trick.
• In case of a tie, the player that played the first of the high cards, plays first to the next trick.
• Maximum bet per hand is 12 points starting by 1 and increased to 3 extra points in the first challenge. If a challenged player wants he can continue to raise the bet up to 12 points in that trick.
• In Truco Mineiro a 'truco' action is a bet on the result of the current trick. If the bet is accepted the winners of the current trick win the hand.
• Played up to 12 points.

Truco Paulista 🇧🇷

• Standard suited deck.
• The top ranked cards (Manilhas) aren't fixed. After the cards have been dealt, the top card of the remaining deck is turned face up: this card is known as the "vira" (turned card). The manilhas for this hand are the four cards of the rank immediately above the vira in the cyclic order [4]-3-2-A-K-J-Q-7-6-5-4-[3] ranking according to their suits in descending order Clubs > Hearts > Spades > Diamonds.

Example: if the vira is a Jack, the cards rank from high to low: ♣️K - ♥️ K - ♠️K - ♦️K - 3's - 2's - A's - J's - Q's - 7's - 6's - 5's - 4's

• Queens rank lower than the Jacks
• When a trick is tied, because there is more than one equally high card in the trick played by oposing teams, the hand is won by the first team that won a trick.
• When a trick is tied, the same player who led to the tied trick leads to the next trick.
• Maximum bet per hand is 12 points starting by 1 and increased to 3 extra points in the first challenge. If a challenged player wants he can continue to raise the bet up to 12 points at any point when is it's turn during the hand.
• Played up to 12 points.

Spanish Deck

Truco uses a Spanish-suited deck that is similar to the French-suited deck most commonly used across popular card games.

Instead of spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs, a Spanish deck of cards is made of up 4 different figures, each of which has its own name. There are golden coins, called oros; there are glasses (or cups), called copas; there are swords, called espadas; and there are sticks (or clubs), called bastos.

Below we have a map of the Spanish to French deck suits map.

A Spanish deck is made up of 40 cards instead of 48. This is because there are no 8s or 9s in the entire deck. There are aces through 7s, each of which holds a numerical value that matches the number on the card.

The ranks of the cards follow the same as the French suited deck going from 1 (Ace) to 12.

The Jack is the same and ranks as 10, the Queen maps to Knight (or Horse) ranking as 11, and finally the King that ranks as 12.