Line It Accordingly
Line it accordingly because you must order your cards for their respective colors ang signs, so that it is easily to find the flushes to MELD.
Tong-Its This card game is the Philippine version of poker, it is very popular to the urban areas in the Philippines. Different people can play this game, this game required a skills to have their own techniques to beat the opponents, Tong-Its become illegal in other parts in the Philippines, because it causing trouble to those who plays the game. So by people from all walks of life and various age and sexes. Its history and origin remains unknown, but the spirit of fun can be felt during the game, no pressures unlike other card games.
Tongits will played by 3 playes, two players with 12 cars hands and one is the dealer that have a 13 cards.
Players will add '2 bet' before each game.
The first dealer is chosen randomly. Thereafter the dealer is the winner of the previous hand.
The dealer starts play a time in counterclockwise.
The next player may CHOW the card or PICK from discard pile.You may only take a card from the discard pile if you are able to create a meld (a set or run) with it, and you are then obliged to expose the meld.
Tongits
If the player win by there's no more cards left in his/her hands.
Win by Deck Runs Out
The player who has the least amount of points in his/her deck of cards wins the game
If the players have the fewer points in his/her deck of cards than any of the opponents, the player can call a draw. This will be a challenge to the opponent if they FIGHT the draw or FOLD. The opponent who FIGHT the draw and win the BET will be doubled.
NOTE:
When you cannot draw:
Untill you have played at least one meld on the table.
If other players have connected cards to your MELD since your last run, you must wait one complete rotation before you can Draw.
If you win 2 games continously
ACE = 2 bet
CARDS 2-9 = Face Value Points
CARD 10-KING = 10 points each (even the King, Queen and Jack)
TONGITS = 2 bet
DECKS RUNS OUT = 3 bet
CALLING A DRAW
CHALLENGE: 3 Bet
FOLD: 1 Bet
Burn: 2 Bet
Line it accordingly because you must order your cards for their respective colors ang signs, so that it is easily to find the flushes to MELD.
Look for the pairs so that if the opponents throw a card to you, CHOW it if you have those same cards that he threw. It decreases also your card number.
This is a kind of old technique that is very helpful, many old players used this because it is unpredictable so that the opponent will think if you have more number of cards in your hands.
Draw your card as fast as possible so that the opponent will not MELD his/her card.