Brelan
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Brelan is a famous French vying game with rapidly escalating bets from the seventeenth to nineteenth century. The game is quite similar to the game of Bouillotte
, but it is not played anymore.
, France
, of 1458. Crébillon's 1763 novel Le Hasard du coin du feu,the game of "Brelan" takes center stage. It is often considered as sharing roots with a Renaissance game of Primero
and Primo visto
.
In England, Brelan eventually developed into the game of Brag
, also Bragg, where the possibility of bluffing is an important part of the game. It evidently derived from the game of Brelan and later evolved into Bouillotte
, which flourished during the French Revolution. Most experts believe that all these earlier card games played an important part in the formation of modern Poker
, the most famous representative of a very ancient and always very popular family of games, all of which can be traced even further back to the old French game of Gilet
(Gillet, Gile or Trionfetti), which may be considered the most ancient European ancestor of Poker.
In Brelan Cavé, the game is limited to a certain number of rounds, the bouillotte, on the contrary, lasts as long as there are players in the game and who still haven't lost their stakes.
Bouillotte
Bouillotte, a vying 18th century French gambling card game of the Revolution, based on Brelan, very popular during the 19th century in France and again in America for some years from 1830. Bouillotte is regarded as one of the games that influenced the open-card studvariation in poker.-Game:A piquet...
, but it is not played anymore.
History
The game of Brelan, even breland for the name and the rules varied over time, also appears in an edict of LilleLille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, of 1458. Crébillon's 1763 novel Le Hasard du coin du feu,the game of "Brelan" takes center stage. It is often considered as sharing roots with a Renaissance game of Primero
Primero
Primero, Prime, Primus, Primiera, Primavista, often referred to as “Poker’s mother”, as it is the first confirmed version of a game directly related to modern day poker, is a 16th century gambling card game of which the earliest reference dates back to 1526...
and Primo visto
Primo visto
Primo visto, Primavista, Prima-vista, Primi-vist, Primiuiste,Primofistula, or even Primefisto, is a 16th-century gambling card game fashionable c. 1530-1640...
.
In England, Brelan eventually developed into the game of Brag
Three card brag
Three card brag is a 16th century British card game, and the British national representative of the vying or "bluffing" family of gambling games...
, also Bragg, where the possibility of bluffing is an important part of the game. It evidently derived from the game of Brelan and later evolved into Bouillotte
Bouillotte
Bouillotte, a vying 18th century French gambling card game of the Revolution, based on Brelan, very popular during the 19th century in France and again in America for some years from 1830. Bouillotte is regarded as one of the games that influenced the open-card studvariation in poker.-Game:A piquet...
, which flourished during the French Revolution. Most experts believe that all these earlier card games played an important part in the formation of modern Poker
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
, the most famous representative of a very ancient and always very popular family of games, all of which can be traced even further back to the old French game of Gilet
Gilet
Gilet is a sleeveless jacket resembling a waistcoat or blouse. Currently, a gilet is a sleeveless jacket or vest. They may be waist- to knee-length, and are typically straight-sided rather than fitted. However, historically, they were fitted and embroidered...
(Gillet, Gile or Trionfetti), which may be considered the most ancient European ancestor of Poker.
The game
Brelan, is played by three, four or five players, with a 32-card pack , each receiving 3 cards and a fourth turned from the stock. The best hand is a brelan carre, or four of a kind, made with the aid of the turn-up card on the table, followed by a simple brelan or prial. Brelan favori is a pair royal composed of 2 cards in the hand and the card turned.In Brelan Cavé, the game is limited to a certain number of rounds, the bouillotte, on the contrary, lasts as long as there are players in the game and who still haven't lost their stakes.
See also
- PrimeroPrimeroPrimero, Prime, Primus, Primiera, Primavista, often referred to as “Poker’s mother”, as it is the first confirmed version of a game directly related to modern day poker, is a 16th century gambling card game of which the earliest reference dates back to 1526...
- BragThree card bragThree card brag is a 16th century British card game, and the British national representative of the vying or "bluffing" family of gambling games...
- BouillotteBouillotteBouillotte, a vying 18th century French gambling card game of the Revolution, based on Brelan, very popular during the 19th century in France and again in America for some years from 1830. Bouillotte is regarded as one of the games that influenced the open-card studvariation in poker.-Game:A piquet...
- Post and PairPost and PairPost and Pair, is a 16th century English gambling card game based on the same three-card combinations, namely Prial, found in related game of this family. It is much depended on vying, or betting, requiring repeated staking as well as daring on the part of the players...
- Put (card game)Put (Card Game)Put is an English tavern trick-taking card game first recorded in the 16th century and later castigated by 17th century moralists as one of ill repute. It belongs to a very ancient family of card games and clearly relates to a group known as Trut, Truque, also Tru, and the South American game Truco...
- AmbiguAmbiguAmbigu is a French card game, composed of the characteristic elements of whist, bouillotte and piquet.A whist pack with the court cards deleted is used, and from two to six persons may play. Each player is given an equal number of counters, and a limit of betting is agreed upon. Two cards are...