Card Games for Five Players

This is a list of traditional card and tile games that are designed for or work well with five players. Each game is listed just once - for alternative names see the general alphabetical index. For each game the configuration of players and the type and number of cards or tiles is listed. There is an explanation of the symbols below the table.

Game	Quantity	Configuration
Abyssinia Poker	52	individual
Ace-To-Six Lowball (Draw) Poker	52	individual
Aces, Straights and Flushes Poker	52	individual
Agram	31, 35	individual
All for One and One for All Poker	52	individual
Animals	52	individual
Arlington	2x52	individual
Auction Poker	52	individual
Authors	32, 42, 44, 52	individual
Baccarat	6x52	banker
Backstab Fish	2x52+4J	individual
Badugi	52	individual
Băo Huáng 保皇	4x40+8J, 4x52+8J	alliance
Bartok	52	individual
Baseball Poker	52	individual
Bestia	40	individual
Bieten	33	individual
Billitonnen	28	individual
Bitch, The Poker	52	individual
Black Mariah Poker	52	individual
Blackjack 21	6x52	banker
Bluff	52	individual
Bonanza Pai Gow	32	banker
Boonaken	32	individual
Brag 3 card	52	individual
Brag 4 card	52	individual
Brag 5 card	52	individual
Briscola	32	individual
Briscola Bastarda	40	alliance
Buddha's Folly Poker	52	individual
Bullshit	52	individual
Burro	40, 48	individual
Busca	40	individual
Buy Your Card / Substitution Poker	52	individual
Calcutta Horse Race	52	individual
California Lowball Poker	52, 52+J	individual
Cangkul	52, 52+J	individual
Cap-It	3x52+6J	individual
Card Bingo	52, 2x52	individual | banker
Caribbean Poker	52	banker
Carousel	2x52+2J	individual
Casino Hold'em Poker	52	banker
Cau Robat	40	individual
Chicago Poker	52	individual
Chicken Foot	55	individual
CHORSE Poker	52	individual
CHORSEL Poker	52	individual
Cincinnati Poker	52	individual
Clag	52	individual
Contract Rummy	2x52+4J, 3x52+6J	individual
Coteccio	40	individual
Courchevel poker	52	individual
Cowpie Poker	52	individual
Crazy Eights	52	individual
Crazy Pineapple Poker	52	individual
Crazy Pineapple Hi-Lo Poker	52	individual
Crazy Solo	35	alliance
Cucumber	52, 52+2J	individual
Cyprus	55	individual
Dai Fugō	52+J	individual
Dakota Poker	52	individual
Dealer's Choice Poker	52	individual
Democracy	48	individual
Dirty Schultz Poker	52	individual
Do Ya Poker	52	individual
Dobbm	36	alliance [1]
Domino Twenty-One	28	banker
Doppelkopf	2x20, 2x24	alliance [1]
Double Briškula	32	individual
Double Draw Poker	52	individual
Earl of Coventry	52	individual
Egyptian Ratscrew	52	individual
Eight Game Mix Poker	52	individual
Eleusis	3x52, 4x52	individual
Elevator Poker	52	individual
Eléwénjewé	52, 52+2J	individual
Encaje	40	individual
English Stud Poker	52	individual
Fan Tan	52	individual
Fapfap	35	individual
Farmers' Rummy	3x52+6J	individual
Faro	52	banker
Ferbli	32	individual
Five Card Draw Deuces Wild Poker	52	individual
Five Card Draw Poker	52	individual
Five Card Draw with a Bug Poker	52+J	individual
Five Card Stud Poker	52	individual
Five Card Stud High-Low Poker	52	individual
Five Card Stud High-Low With a Buy Poker	52	individual
Follow The Queen Poker	52	individual
Football Poker	52	individual
Fortune Rummy	2x52	individual
Game, Flip, Flop	52	individual
Gaple	28	individual
Générala	52+2J	individual
Getaway	52	individual
Gnav	42	individual
Go Fish	52	individual
Go Stop	48+5J	individual [2]
Golden Ten	56	individual
Golf	52, 2x52	individual
Golf Eight Card	2x52, 2x52+4J	individual
Golf Four Card	52	individual
Golf Nine Card	2x52, 2x52+4J	individual
Golf Six Card	2x52, 2x52+4J	individual
Gong Zhu 拱猪	50	individual
Gonin-Kan	52+J	alliance
Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Poker	52	individual
Grocery Store Dots Poker	52	individual
Guadalupe	2x52	individual
Guiñote	40	individual
Guts	52	individual
Hand and Foot	6x52+12J	individual
Happy Families	44, 52	individual
Have a Heart Poker	52	individual
Henway Poker	52	individual
High Card Pool	52	individual
HOE Poker	52	individual
Hollywood Garbage	2x52	individual
Hoola	52	individual
HORSE Poker	52	individual
Horse Race cards	52	banker
HOSE Poker	52	individual
Howdy Doody Poker	52	individual
I Doubt It!	52	individual
In Between	52	banker
Indian Poker	52	individual
Irish Poker	52	individual
Irish Snap	52	individual
Iron Cross Poker	52	individual
Italian Dominoes	28	individual
Italian Poker	36	individual
Jack the Shifter Poker	52	individual
Jacks Back (5 Card Draw) Poker	52, 52+J	individual
Jacks or Better (5 Card Draw) Poker	52	individual
Jeu de Carte Sipa	31	individual
Jhyap	52, 52+2J	individual
Juse	52	individual
K'ap Tái Shap	8x32	individual
Kalooki Caribbean	2x52+4J	individual
Kaluki European / North American	2x52+2J	individual
Kaluki South Africa	2x52+4J	individual
Kan	52+J	alliance
Kansas City Lowball Poker	52	individual
Kapaga	52+2J	individual
Kings Corners	52	individual
Knock-Out Whist	52	individual
Koira	52	individual
Königrufen Tarock	54	alliance [1]
Krypkasino	2x52	individual
Krypkille	42	individual
Kvitlech	24	banker
Lame Brain Pete Poker	52	individual
Lansquenet	6x52	banker
Last One	52+2J	individual
Laugh and Lie Down	52	individual
Let It Ride	52	banker
Loba Argentina	2x52+4J	individual
Loba de Mas	2x52+4J	individual
Loba de Menos	2x52+4J	individual
London Lowball (7-card Stud) Poker	52	individual
Loo	52	individual
Losing Lodam	52	individual
Low Chicago Poker	52	individual
Low Hole Poker	52	individual
Lowball (5 Card Stud) Poker	52	individual
Lowball (Draw) Poker	52	individual
Machiavelli	2x52	individual
Manipulation Rummy	2x52	individual
Mao	2x52, 3x52	individual
Marriage Rummy	3x52	individual
Mattis	52	individual
Maw	52	individual
Mexican Stud Poker	52	individual
Mexican Sweat Poker	52	individual
Mexican Train	91	individual
Michigan	52	individual
Mighty	52+J	alliance
Mississippi Mud Poker	52	individual
Mustamaija	52	individual
Nap	28, 32, 52	individual
Napalm	52	individual
Napoleon Japanese	52, 52+J	alliance
New Canasta	6x52+12J	individual
Night Baseball Poker	52	individual
Ninety-Eight	52, 52+2J	individual
Ninety-Nine adding game	2x52	individual
NLK	36	individual
No Peek Poker	52	individual
Nobble	52	individual
Nos	28	individual
Ogórek Cucumber	52	individual
Oh Hell!	52	individual
Old Maid	43, 51	individual
Omaha Poker	52	individual
Omaha Hi-Lo Eight or Better Poker	52	individual
Omaha High Poker	52	individual
One Arm Joe	28	individual
One Hundred adding game	52	individual
Page One	52+J	individual
Pai Gow 牌九	32	banker
Pai Gow Poker	52+J	banker
Pâi Hông ไพ่ห้อง	52	individual
Paiute	52	individual
Panguingue	8x40	individual
Paskahousu	52+J	individual
Pass The Trash Poker	52	individual
Pawnee 10-point Call Partner Pitch	52+2J	alliance
Pelmanism	52	individual
Pig	52, 52+J	individual
Pineapple Poker	52	individual
Pip-Pip	2x52	individual
Pitch	52	individual
Poch	32	individual
Podrida	52	individual
Poker Bull	52, 52+2J	individual
Poker Menteur	52	individual
Polignac	30	individual
Polish Red Dog	52	banker
Pontoon	52	banker
Pope Joan	51	individual
Pöytäpaska	52+J	individual
President	52, 52+2J	individual
Price is Right, The Poker	52	individual
Primero	40	individual
Proter	52	individual
Psycho Poker	52	individual
Púkk	40	individual
Push Poker	52	individual
Pyramid Poker	52	individual
Quan Dui 全對	120	individual
Quartett	32	individual
Racehorse Pitch	52	individual
Ramsli	32	individual
Razz	52	individual
Ribs	2x32	individual
ROE Poker	52	individual
Roll Your Own Poker	52	individual
Round the World Poker	52	individual
Rummy basic	52	individual
Rummy Indian	2x52+2J	individual
Rummy 500	2x52, 2x52+4J	individual
Ruotsalainen paskahousu	52+J	individual
Russian Poker	52	banker
Sam Sip ผสมสิบ	52, 52+3J	individual
San Francisco Poker	52	individual
Scala Quaranta	2x52+4J	individual
Scat	52	individual
Schwimmen	32	individual
Second Hand High Poker	52	individual
Selection / Rejection Poker	52	individual
Sequence Poker	52	individual
Seven Bridge	52	individual
Seven Card Stud Poker	52	individual
Seven Card Stud High-Low Poker	52	individual
Seven Card Stud with Wild Cards Poker	52	individual
Seven Twenty-Seven	52	individual
Seven-card Regrets Poker	52	individual
Shanghai	2x52	individual
Sheepshead	32	alliance
Shithead	52	individual
SHOE Poker	52	individual
Shoot	52	banker
Shoot Pontoon	52	banker
Sink-Sink	35	individual
Sipa Togo	31, 32	individual
Siwweschrööm	32	individual
Skin	52	banker
Slabberjan	42	individual
Slapjack	52	individual
Slippery Sam	52	banker
Smear	44+J, 52+2J	alliance
Snap	52	individual
Snip Snap Snorum	52	individual
Sökö Stud Poker	52	individual
Spar	35	individual
Speculation	52	individual
Spit in the Ocean Poker	52	individual
Spoons Eights	2x52	individual
Staekske Rape	32	partnership [1]
Stortok	36	individual
Strip Poker	52	individual
Substitution Poker	52	individual
Sviten Special	52	individual
Tahiti	2x52+4J	individual
Tarok Slovenian	54	alliance [1]
Tarokk Hungarian	42	alliance [1]
Tarokk Illustrated Hungarian	42	alliance [1]
Taroky Czech	54	alliance [1]
Tarot French	78	alliance
Tau Ngau	32	banker
Teen Patti	52	individual
Telesina	36	individual
Ten-Card Regrets Poker	52	individual
Texas Hold'em Poker	52	individual
Three Card Poker	52	banker
Three Five Seven Poker	52	individual
Three-Thirteen Rummy	3x52, 3x52+6J	individual
Tic Tac Toe Poker	52	individual
Tiddly-Wink	28	individual
Toepen	32	individual
Toonerville Rook	5x56+5J	individual
Toruro	40	individual
Tournament Blackjack	52, 6x52	banker
Trains	55, 91	individual
Traversone	40	individual
Trees Poker	52	individual
Tres y Dos	52	individual
Trionfo Beccaccino	40	alliance
Triple Draw Poker	52	individual
Tripoli	52	individual
Trips to Win (5 Card Draw) Poker	52	individual
Troggu	62	alliance
Turkish Poker	36	individual
Tute cabrero	40	individual
Tute gana-pierde	40	individual
Tuxedo	40	individual
Twenty-Two	52	individual
Twist'em Dominoes	28	banker
Two plus One Poker	52	individual
Uke-Shogi	40	individual
Valepaska	52+J	individual
Vändåtta	52	individual
Vatikan	2x52+2J	individual
Vatra	52, 52+J	individual
Vazhushal	2x52+4J	individual
Verish' Ne Verish'	52	individual
Vier-Anderle	38	individual
Viuda, La	52	individual
Wall Street Poker	52	individual
Whisky Poker	52	individual
Whist Romanian	40	individual
Whot ® British	49+4J	individual
Whot ® Nigerian	49+5J	individual
Woolworth Poker	52	individual
Yukon Hold'em Poker	52	individual
Z Poker	52	individual
Zecchinetta	40	banker
Zhăo Péngyou 找朋友	2x52+4J	alliance
Zhēng Fēn 挣分	52+2J	individual
Zhēng Shàngyóu 争上游	52+2J	individual
Zifuli	40	alliance
4-2-2 Poker	52	individual
4-2-3 Poker	52	individual
5 Card Omaha poker	52	individual
6 Card Omaha poker	52	individual
6-card Brag	52	individual
7-card Brag	52	individual
7½	40	banker
9-card Brag	52	individual
25	52	individual
31 showdown	52	individual
41 Exchange	52	individual
55	52	alliance
110	52	alliance
220	52	alliance
5000 Rummy	2x48, 2x48+4J, 2x52, 2x52+4J, 3x48, 3x52, 3x52+6J	individual

Explanation of symbols

Configuration

• Individual. There are no teams. All players play for themselves and against the others.
• Partnership. The players are divided into fixed teams. This is unusual with five players as the teams have to be unequal, for example three against two.
• Alliance. Temporary teams (alliances) are formed during the game, either three against two or one against four. Usually the teams are set by the bidding or by the location of certain cards. The teams generally change from deal to deal, so although players will need to co-operate with their partners, ultimately everyone plays for themselves.
• Sitting Out. A number in brackets [1] indicates players who do not take a full part in the game, but may have minor duties such as dealing the cards, fetching the beer or making the tea. Players generally take turns to sit out. Alliance games with four active players often work well in this format.
• Banker. One player is the banker, and the other players play against the banker, rather than against each other. Many casino games have this format, with a representative of the house playing as the banker. In home games, the role of banker usually passes from player to player, so that everyone has an opportunity to be the bank.

Design

This column indicates the type of cards or tiles needed. See the equipment section of the classified index for further details of the different designs.

Quantity

This column gives the number of cards in the deck, indicates where multiple decks are used, and the number of jokers. Where the game can be played with various sizes or numbers of decks, perhaps depending on the number of players, the possibilities are listed, separated by commas. For example, "2x32" means a double 32-card deck: 64 cards in all with two copies of each card. "52+2J" means a 52-card deck with two jokers. "32, 36" means the game can be played with 32 or 36 cards. "2x52+2J, 3x52+3J" means that the game can be played with two 52-card decks plus two jokers (106 cards) or three 52-card decks plus three 52-card decks plus three jokers (159 cards).

Possible for Five Players

Here is a list of other traditional card and tile games that can be played by five players. These are games that although possible for five, are not particularly recommended, since they work better with some other number of players.

Game	Quantity	Configuration
Bouillotte	24	individual
Bourré	52	individual
Bura	32, 36	individual
Candyman	52	alliance
Carioca	2x52+4J	individual
Concentration Dominoes	28	individual
Crates	52	individual
Durak Podkidnoy	36	individual
Fast Track	5x52+10J	individual
Five Hundred	52+J	alliance
Four of a Kind	52	individual
Freeze Out Dominoes	28	individual
Hearts	52	individual
Kozel	32, 36	individual
Lupfen	20	individual
Matador	55, 91	individual
Ninety-Nine trick-taking	60	individual
Racing Demon	5x52	individual
Samba	3x52+6J	individual
Simultaneous Solitaire	5x52	individual
Tonk	52	individual
Top Trumps	48	individual
Troccas	78	individual
Two Hundred	40	alliance
Yukon	52	individual
32-card Poker	32	individual
51 Chinese	52, 52+2J	individual
51 Japanese	52, 52+J, 52+2J	individual