Bluff

Bluff

The card game Bluff – play against the computer or friends

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Type2 players3 players4 players5 players
 Games played-Ed (1)Ed (1)Kloppie (2)
 - games won-Ed (1)Ed (1)Ed (1)
 - won %----
 Rounds playedEd (3)Ed (13)Ron (14)Kloppie (9)
 - rounds wonRon (2)Ed (6)Ed (8)Ed (4)
 - won %-Ed (46%)Ed (57%)Ed (44%)
 Cards looked atRon (20)Ed (64)Amber (66)Kloppie (26)
 - lies detectedRon (10)Ed (30)Amber (23)Kloppie (9)
 - detected %Ron (50%)Ed (47%)Ron (35%)Amber (36%)
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Rules of the card game BLUFF

Bluff is a popular card game for 2 to 8 players. The goal is to get rid of all your cards as quickly as possible. Below you will find the complete rules and several variants.

Cards and values

Preparation

  1. All players receive 7 cards.
  2. The remaining cards form a face-down draw pile.
  3. The bottom-left display shows which cards are still in the game.

Gameplay

  1. The player to the dealer’s left starts.
  2. They select one or more cards and place them face-down on the table.
  3. They declare the value of these cards.
  4. The declared value does not have to match the actual cards — hence the bluff.
  5. The next player may draw a card or play cards matching the declared value.
  6. Each following player may play the requested value or something else.
  7. If a player has 4 cards of the same value, those cards are removed from the game.
  8. If the draw pile is empty, you must always play cards.

Bluff or not?

  1. After someone plays cards, all other players may check whether the last played cards match the declared value.
  2. Cards played earlier do not matter — only the most recent play is checked.
  3. Cards drawn from the pile are irrelevant.
  4. If the cards match, the checker receives the entire pile.
  5. The player whose cards were checked starts the next round.
  6. If the value does not match, the player who played the cards receives the pile, and the checker starts the next round.

Example – bluff

  1. Jan plays a 5 and a king and says they are aces.
  2. No one checks.
  3. Truus must also play aces but plays a 7.
  4. Ellen draws a card.
  5. Piet checks Truus’s cards.
  6. Truus lied and receives all cards from the pile; Piet may play again.

Example – no bluff

  1. Jan plays 2 jacks and declares jacks.
  2. No one checks.
  3. Truus plays 2 jacks and a joker.
  4. Piet checks (5 cards played, only 4 jacks exist).
  5. Truus did not lie; Piet receives the pile and Truus may play again.
  6. Piet receives all 4 jacks; they are removed from the game, leaving him with a joker.

Timing

  1. If multiple players try to check, the first click counts.
  2. If you check but the next player has already played, you are too late.

Winner

Variants