Panguingue, also known as Pan for short, is a gambling Rummy game which is popular in the southwest USA. From four to eight players can take part in one game. It is played with eight decks of standard cards from which the 8's, 9's and 10's have been removed - 320 cards altogether. Many of our games used Adobe Flash, but Adobe discontinued support. We'll be working on some pretty big changes over the next couple months. We're really excited about what we have in store and we hope you stick with us through this tough transition. Pan poker (panguingue poker) Pan Poker Description and Objective The object of Pan poker is to be the first to meld all 10 cards in your hand, in addition to the final card drawn.

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Panguingue (pronounced pan-geen-eee), Tagalog Pangginggí, also known as Pan, is a 19th century gamblingcard game probably of Philippine^[1] origin similar to rummy, first described in America in 1905.^[2] It used to be particularly popular in Las Vegas and other casinos in the American southwest.^[3] Its popularity has been waning, and now is only found in a handful of casinos in California, in house games and at online poker sites.

The deck

The game traditionally is played using a 320-card deck, constructed from eight decks of playing cards, removing all eights, nines, tens, and Jokers. In some localities, 5 or 6 decks are used, and often one set of spades is removed.

The game

Each player pays an ante one chip, called the top. The value of the top sets the value of all pays in the game. Some high stakes games are played with a two chip ante, which is called double tops. The rotation of dealing and playing is to the right, not to the left as in most card games. Each player receives 10 cards. Beginning with the eldest hand, each player either folds their hand (going out on top) or agrees to play. The player who folds loses their top. If all but one fold, the final player receives the tops, and the hand is over.

Players try to form melds. A meld consists of three or four cards of the same rank (e.g., three 6s), or in sequence (3, 4, 5) (sequences are called ropes or stringers). All the cards in a rope must be the same suit, but rank melds require either three cards of the same suit or three different suits. The exception for rank melds is Aces and Kings (non-comoquers) any three of which can form a meld (e.g. two Aces of Hearts and an Ace of Diamonds).

Certain melds are called conditions, and when formed result in the payment of chips to the melder from all active players (those who did not go out on top).

Conditions

In Panguingue, 3's, 5's and 7's are also known as 'valle' cards, or cards of value. The following melds are conditions (have value):

• Ropes ending in an Ace or a King (only) (value is 1 in every suit but spades, 2 in spades)
• Valle rank melds of 3 different suits (1)
• Valle rank melds of 3 of the same suit (2 in every suit but spades, 4 in spades)
• Rank melds of 3 non-valle cards of the same suit. (1 in every suit but spades, 2 in spades).

Extra cards in a same-suit meld are worth additional points.

Playing

Play consists of taking a card from the top of the stock, or the top of the discard pile. The card must be used in a valid meld (which must be placed on the table) or immediately discarded (unlike other rummy-style games, you cannot add the card to your hand and discard another). If a card is discarded that fits an open meld, that card must be used (Forcing).

Note that one cannot put down a meld or condition (and/or collect chip payments) unless he can use the top of the stock or the top of the discards.

When one player melds 11 cards—his original ten plus one more(going out) that player receives the tops, plus additional payment from the active players for all his valid conditions, plus two points for going out.

Panguingue Free Play

See also

References

^[4][5]

1. ^Filomeno V. Aguilar Clash of spirits: The history of power and sugar planter hegemony on a Visayan Island pg. 178 University of Hawaii Press (1998) ISBN 0-8248-2082-7
2. ^Frederic Gomes Cassidy,Joan Houston Hall Dictionary of American regional English, vol. 4 pg. 24 Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2002) ISBN 0-674-00884-7
3. ^Harold L. Vogel Entertainment industry economics: a guide for financial analysis pg. 374 Cambridge University Press (2001) ISBN 0-521-79264-9
4. ^Albert H. Morehead, Fun with Games of Rummy pg. 20 US Playing Card Co. (1950) ASIN: B000TRDFR4
5. ^Joaquín Martínez de Zúñiga Status of the Philippines in 1800, pg. 222 (1973) ASIN: B001O7IJ5Q

External links

Panguingue Rules

Panguingue Dradle

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