Card Games for Nine Players

This is a list of traditional card and tile games that are designed for or work well with nine 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
Baccarat	6x52	banker
Backstab Fish	2x52+4J	individual
Bullshit	2x52	individual
Cancellation Hearts	2x52	individual
Candyman	52	alliance
Card Bingo	52, 2x52	banker
Cincinnati Poker	52	individual
Crazy Pineapple Poker	52	individual
Crazy Pineapple Hi-Lo Poker	52	individual
Crazy Solo	36	alliance
Cuckoo	52	individual
Cyprus	55	individual
Faro	52	banker
Générala	52+2J	individual
Gnav	42	individual
Golf Eight Card	3x52, 3x52+6J	individual
Golf Nine Card	3x52, 3x52+6J	individual
Golf Six Card	3x52, 3x52+6J	individual
Guts	52	individual
Horse Race cards	52	banker
In Between	52	banker
Irish Poker	52	individual
Irish Snap	52	individual
K'ap Tái Shap	8x32	individual
Lame Brain Pete Poker	52	individual
Losing Lodam	52	individual
Maw	52	individual
NLK	52	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	2x52	individual
Pig	52, 52+J	individual
Pineapple Poker	52	individual
Poker Bull	52, 52+2J	individual
Polish Red Dog	52	banker
Ribs	3x32	individual
Round the World Poker	52	individual
Rummy Indian	3x52+3J	individual
Scat	52	individual
Seven Twenty-Seven	52	individual
Shoot	52	banker
Slabberjan	42	individual
Slapjack	52	individual
Slippery Sam	52	banker
Telesina	52	individual
Texas Hold'em Poker	52	individual
Tiddly-Wink	55, 91	individual
Toruro	40	individual
Trains	55, 91	individual
Twist'em Dominoes	28	banker
Two plus One Poker	52	individual
Vatra	52, 52+J	individual
Whisky Poker	52	individual
Zhăo Péngyou 找朋友	3x52+3J	alliance
4-2-3 Poker	52	individual
7½	40	banker
25	52	individual | partnership
41 Exchange	52	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, normally three teams of three. The members of each team sit in a triangular formation, with each player sits between two opponents from each of the other teams.
• Alliance. Temporary teams (alliances) are formed during the game. 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.
• 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 Nine Players

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

Game	Quantity	Configuration
Brag 3 card	52	individual
Brag 4 card	52	individual
Brag 5 card	52	individual
Buddha's Folly Poker	52	individual
Calcutta Horse Race	52	individual
Chicken Foot	55, 91	individual
CHORSE Poker	52	individual
CHORSEL Poker	52	individual
Eight Game Mix Poker	52	individual
Elevator Poker	52	individual
Five Card Stud Poker	52	individual
Five Card Stud High-Low Poker	52	individual
Four of a Kind	52	individual
HOE Poker	52	individual
HORSE Poker	52	individual
HOSE Poker	52	individual
Indian Poker	52	individual
Iron Cross Poker	52	individual
Kalooki Caribbean	4x52+8J	individual
Lansquenet	6x52	banker
Lowball (5 Card Stud) Poker	52	individual
Mao	3x52	individual
Mexican Stud Poker	52	individual
Mexican Train	91	individual
Ogórek Cucumber	2x52	individual
Old Maid	43, 51	individual
Pip-Pip	2x52	individual
Pontoon	2x52	banker
President	2x52, 2x52+4J	individual
Push Poker	52	individual
Pyramid Poker	52	individual
ROE Poker	52	individual
SHOE Poker	52	individual
Shoot Pontoon	2x52	banker
Sökö Stud Poker	52	individual
Sviten Special	52	individual
Teen Patti	52	individual
Tic Tac Toe Poker	52	individual
Trees Poker	52	individual
Tripoli	52	individual
Twenty-Two	2x52	individual
Vier-Anderle	54	individual
Yukon Hold'em Poker	52	individual
Z Poker	52	individual
Zecchinetta	40	banker
55	52	alliance
110	52	alliance
220	52	alliance