List Of Card Games For Two People
                     LIST OF CARD GAMES FOR 
TWO PEOPLE
 Playing cards have always been associated with a huge 
gathering of people or for special occasions but have you 
wondered if you could play cards with just your best 
friend?
 Yes you can and there are many interesting card games
 made for 2 players. The list below has a few all- time 
favourite 2 player card games  and their gameplay.
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1. KLABERJASS OR BELA:
 This is a card game which is popular in Germany and 
follows a basic trick-and-draw format, the game heads the 
family of games called jack-nines primarily because these 
two cards; jack and nine; are the trump cards in this type 
of game play.
 Requirements – A deck of 52 playing cards(32 required to 
play) and 2 players
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 Rules of Klaberjass or Bela
Each player receives 6 cards in batches of 3, in addition to 
this a card is drawn from the undealt cards to set 
precedent which is the trump suit.
 Each player now has the opportunity to make more points 
than the other by making a bet, if neither plays wants to 
make the bet there is a pass round, if the second round is 
also passed that bet or card is aborted and the next card 
is drawn from the deck of undealt cards.
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 This continues till you reach 500 points after melding 
your cards at the end of every round, the points are 
assigned to the cards as such: trump suit- J=20, 9=14, 
10=10, A=11, K=4, Q=3, 8=0, 7=0 and for the other 
suits A=11, 10=10, K=4, Q=3, J=2, 9=0, 8=0, 7=0.
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2. PATE PE PATA:
 This has been an all time favorite pastime for ages among 
indian households and the name of the game directly 
translates to “card over card”, once you read how the 
game is played it’s sure to bring back memories and it 
might be called something else for you but the level of fun 
one has while playing remains the same.
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 Requirements – A deck of 52 playing cards and 2 players
 Rules of Pate Pe Pata – The deck of cards are evenly 
distributed among both the players face down, the players 
keep placing cards face up at a rapid speed and if your 
card matches the card it’s been played over all the cards 
are yours and this is repeated till either one player wins all 
the cards or the other runs out of cards to play.
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3. INDIAN RUMMY:
 No list of cards games would be complete without 
mentioning an all time favorite around the world and that’s 
Indian Rummy!
 Every occasion has called for a fun round of rummy and 
sometimes you don’t need an occasion to play your favorite 
game, just you and your best friend!
 Requirements – A deck of 52 playing cards
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 Rules of Indian Rummy– The cards are shuffled well and 
the dealer then deals 13 cards each to the opponent and 
himself.
 The remaining cards are kept in the middle and one card is 
then overturned and proceeds to be the joker for the rest 
of that round.
 There are many ways to play Indian Rummy but the most 
preferred way to play is the classic way where the 
objective is to form melds before your opponent.
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 The melds can be made in sequence of A23 or 10JQK or 
555 and there has to be one pure meld for example 
4567 and all of these melds have to follow suit, except for 
the one with the same number set (777).
 The last card which is not part of any meld is selected to 
close the game. There is a lot of skill involved in this game
 and you can’t lose concentration for even a second if you 
want to win!
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4. BEZIQUE:
 A super fun and interesting game which requires both 
players to be alert throughout the duration of the entire 
game.
 It’s origins date back to 19th century France and has been 
around for so many years for a reason, follow the rules 
carefully and gear up for some super fun rounds of 
Bezique.
 Requirements– 2 decks of cards with A,K,Q,J,10,9,8,7
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 Rules- The dealing is unique you need to deal 3 cards to 
the opponent then 3 to self and 2 cards to opponent and 2 
cards to self and 3 cards to the opponent again and 3 to 
self.
 Once the dealing is done the remaining cards are kept in 
the middle of the table, one card is turned over and this is 
the and if you turn over a 7 the dealer is awarded 10 
points.
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 There is no obligation to follow the trump suit in the initial 
rounds, the player who wins the trick keeps the card aside. 
The melds are made in regular sequences and points are 
awarded accordingly with the trump suit melds having 
higher preference.
 The winner of the final trick draws the final card from the 
talon and then the final round is played where the trump 
suit matters and the value of the card played also 
matters.
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5. 52 PICK UP:
 Welcome to the game you can play only one time with 
someone who has not played the game ever before!
 Wondering what makes this game so unique? It’s the super 
fun and extremely rare nature of this game that makes it 
so unique!
 Requirements– Any number of cards, a player who has 
never played before!
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 Rules of 52 Pick Up – The player who has not played the 
game ever before goes first, they must sit in the corner 
of the room, the other player then proceeds to shuffle 
the cards well and once this is done the other player must 
close his eyes and count to ten, while the 
countdown reaches 10 throw all the cards all around the 
room and run for your life.
 It is for this reason this game can be played only one time 
with a player who has never played this game before or 
with really young kids just for it’s shear fun and low key 
nature.
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Enjoyed our list? Hope you have fun playing 
these games and let us know if we’ve missed 
out your favorites and we’ll include them in 
our second edition!
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