Filipino Card Games: The Complete List and How Each One Is Played
Filipino card games are not one game but a family. Six of them come up again and again at tables in Manila, Cebu and Davao: Tongits, Pusoy, Pusoy Dos, Pekwa, Ungguy-unggoyan and 1-2-3 Pass. All six use a standard 52-card pack. None of them is poker, and that matters, because players who sit down expecting poker rules lose their first few hands to the difference. This page covers what each game is, how many people play it, and how a round ends. Detailed rules live on their own pages, linked from each card below. ...