Origin | France |
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Type | Trick-taking |
Players | 2 |
Cards | 32 |
Deck | Piquet (subset of French pack) |
Rank (high→low) | A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7 |
Related games | |
Écarté |
Piquet (/pɪˈkɛt/; French pronunciation: [pikɛ]) is an early 16th-century plain-trick card game for two players that became France's national game.[1] David Parlett calls it a "classic game of relatively great antiquity... still one of the most skill-rewarding card games for two" but one which is now only played by "aficionados and connoisseurs."[2] Historically also known as Sant or Saunt from the French Cent.