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Pishti

A Turkish fishing game where capturing with a matching card earns bonus points. Jacks are wild and capture everything. The 'pishti' bonus comes from matching the pile when it contains only one card.
2 players
20-30 min
Easy

What You'll Need

🃏 Standard 52-card deck

About This Game

A Turkish fishing game where capturing with a matching card earns bonus points. Jacks are wild and capture everything. The 'pishti' bonus comes from matching the pile when it contains only one card.

Popular nationally

How to Play

  1. Use standard 52-card deck
  2. Deal 4 cards each; 4 to table (bottom card face-up)
  3. Play one card per turn
  4. Capture pile if your card matches top card's rank
  5. Jacks capture the entire pile regardless
  6. 'Pishti' (capturing single matching card): 10 bonus points
  7. 'Super Pishti' (capturing single card with Jack): 20 bonus points
  8. Redeal from stock when hands empty
  9. Score: Jacks 1pt each, Aces 1pt, 2 of clubs 2pts, 10 of diamonds 3pts, most cards 3pts
  10. First to 101 points wins
Added 28 days ago
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