Now, each player continues, in order, to take a card from the deck until each player has a hand of 14 cards.Įveryone gives one of their cards facedown to every other player, thus giving away three bad cards and receiving three unknown cards. The Chinese do not deal out the cards, instead they take them! The dealer immediately takes the top card. The winner of the last round shuffles, cuts the deck, and puts it in the middle of the table. Of the two Tichu teams sit opposite each other and attempt to help each other to get the lead and points. The '10'' is between the '9' and the 'Jack.' There are four special cards in the deck of 56 cards: The Dragon, The Phoenix, The Dog, and the Hemp Sparrow (Mah Jong). The Ace is the highest card in each suit, the '2' is the lowest. Are made up of four suits (Jade/Sword/Pagoda/Star) of 13 values each corresponding to Western Bridge cards.
