Trucker for Truco Players

Chips Replace Points

There's no "15 or 30 points" objective. No Vale 4 cap. Every hand is played with chips (like poker). Betting is open-ended, the maximum bet is all-in. The match ends when one player holds all the chips.

Individual Play, No Teams

There are no teams, it's always all vs all. You can play heads-up (1v1) or up to 9-10 players in a table.

Blinds (same as poker)

Before each hand, two players post forced bets:

• Small Blind (SB) posts sb chips to the main pot
• Big Blind (BB) posts bb to the main pot and another bb to the envido pot

Each game defines there own sb, bb quantities. Usually: bb = 2 * sb

The SB player is the first player to the right of the dealer (aka. "Mano"), BB is the next player to their right. In heads-up (2 players), the dealer is the SB.

Pre-flop Betting

After blinds are posted and cards are dealt, there's a betting round before any card is played. The player after the BB acts first. Players can call, raise, check (if you they nothing), or fold.

To play, a player must at least bet the bb. SB player must also match the full Blind. If the round reaches the BB flat (no raise, players simply called the Blind) BB is allowed to raise the bet, or check.

This is different from Truco where the first card is played and then betting begins. Here, you bet first, then play your cards.

Trick-Taking

If a player folds, all their cards are turned face-down and worth nothing: tricks they won no longer count; the next best card becomes the trick winner.

If 3 players win each trick (no clear winner), the pot is divided between the 3 players.

Mid-Hand Truco Raises

Players can bet before playing a card, in any round.

When a betting round closes, the original player must play a card. They cannot re-open a betting round in the same turn.

All-in (same as poker)

If a player can't cover the full bet and goes all-in, a side pot is created for the excess. The all-in player pot is capped to the size of their stack.

Envido Is a Separate Pot

You can win the envido and still fold truco, or fold envido and keep playing truco. They're independent. Any player can open envido betting before or during the first trick. Once the first trick ends, envido is closed for the hand.

Players can play envido pre-flop: if a player does not want to pay the truco Blinds, they can open betting in the envido side-pot (potentially winning), then fold from truco, and keep their envido pot.

If nobody enters envido, the BB takes their blind back.

Envido side-pot is usually collected at the end of a hand, when everyone can confirm the envido winner's score.

Hand Flow Summary