SEEP

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OBJECTIVE OF SEEP: Capture cards and earn points!

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 players (fixed partnerships)

NUMBER OF CARDS: 52 card deck

RANK OF CARDS:  K (high), Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A

TYPE OF GAME: Fishing

AUDIENCE: All Ages

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INTRODUCTION TO SEEP

Seep, which is also commonly referred to as Sip, Sweep, Shiv, and Siv, is a game with many similarities to Casino. The four-player version of Seep, as described below, is played in Northern India.

The game is played with 4 players in partnerships. Partners should sit across from each other during play.

THE OBJECTIVE

The goal of Seep is to collect or capture valuable cards in the layout which is on the game table (or the floor). The play ends once a team has reached a 100+ point lead on the other teams, this is referred to as a bazzi. Prior to play, the teams can decide on how many games or bazzis they wish to play.

How to Capture

To capture cards, play one card from hand and pick up 1+ cards, or group of cards, with a capture value that is equivalent to the card in hand. So, the card in hand allows you to capture cards of equal rank from the layout.

Capture Values:

A: 1

2-10: Face value

J: 11

Q: 12

K: 13

While capturing cards, players can build them into piles or houses. Houses can be captured only as a unit. Cards that are on the floor and not in a house are called loose cards. 

Once the game has finished, the value of the captured cards is summed:

• Cards that are Spades have point values equal to their capture value.
• Aces in the other suits also have a value of 1 point.
• The Ten of Diamonds has a value of 6 points.

The remaining 35 cards in the deck have no point value, if captured, they are worthless. There is a total of 100 points in the deck.

There is also the option to score for a sweep. A sweep happens if a player can capture all the cards in the layout in one turn. Typically, a sweep is worth a flat 50 points. However, if a successful sweep occurs at the beginning of play it is worth only 25 points. Sweeps on the last play have no point value.

THE DEAL & THE BID

The first dealer is chosen randomly, by whatever mechanisms players wish to employ. After, hands are dealt by one member of the losing team. If teams are neck and neck, the original dealer resumes their post. Once a game has concluded, or a baazi, the deal passes to the partner of the player who had the next turn, if the game had not ended.

The Bidding

The dealer shuffles the deck and lets the player to their right cut. After, the dealer gives the player to their right 4 cards and deals 4 cards to the floor or table.

That player, the player to the dealer’s right, examines the cards dealt to the table. If possible, they “bid for a house” based on those four cards. To bid, it must be between 9 and 13 and correspond to a capture value of a card in hand. However, if the player cannot bid because they have no cards higher ranking than 8, they reveal their hand, throw in their cards, and the deal and bid are repeated. This continues until they are able to make a legal bid.먹튀검증업체

Once the player to the right of the dealer has bid, the 4 cards on the floor are revealed, by being turned face-up for all players to see. Now, the player who bid must do one of these three things (see below under the subtitles play and houses for further explanation):

• Form a house with a value equal to their bid by capturing cards from the floor with one in hand.
• Play a card that’s equal to the bid value. Capture cards on the floor of equal value.
• Throw down your card equal to the bid value. This card remains loose, on the floor.

Once this has been completed, the dealer finishes the deal by dealing out the remaining cards in sets of four, moving from right to lef