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Pesëkatësh Rules: Minuses and Sevens Online
Pesëkatësh is a four-player free-for-all made of four Minuses hands and one Sevens hand. The highest combined score wins.
At a glance
Pesëkatësh, without folklore guesses.
- Four-player free-for-all
- Four Minuses hands plus one Sevens hand
- Highest combined score wins
Rules
How to play Pesëkatësh
These rules describe the current implementation in Rrethi.
Minuses
Use 52 cards, 13 each. 2♣ opens and players must follow suit when possible.
Trick base
Every captured trick begins at +2 points.
Penalties
K♠ is −16, every Queen −4 and every Heart −2; Q♥ totals −6.
Sevens
After four Minuses hands, 7♦ opens Sevens. Other suits begin with their 7 and extend by adjacent rank.
No move
A player without a move requests a card from the previous active player.
Placement
Sevens placement scores 32, 16, 8 and 4.
Scoring and finish
How the winner is decided.
- Combine all four Minuses scores with the Sevens score.
- The highest total wins.
- Equal totals remain tied.
Starter strategy
Three practical ideas.
- In Minuses, avoid K♠, Queens and Hearts.
- In Sevens, preserve cards that unlock more than one sequence.
- Manage all five hands as one match.
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Questions about Pesëkatësh
Direct answers.
How many hands are played?
Five: four Minuses hands and one Sevens hand.
Which card opens Minuses?
2♣.
Which card opens Sevens?
7♦.
What happens to tied final scores?
They remain tied under the current rules.
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