But if the card is a loser, then show that by putting a 0 in front the of the card.Ī soda is marked using a dot. When a card is shown and it is a winner, casekeeper will show it by placing a straight line in front of the rank. For this, just take a sheet of paper and mark – A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2 from top to bottom. If there is no casekeeper, players can use a cue sheet. Prior to a fresh deal, all the beads are pushed to the other side so as to depict that the cards have not been shown. When the card is shown, the casekeeper will push one bid over to show the same. The casekeeper is similar to abacus having 4 beads on a wire opposite to the card.
In the saloon, either an employee or a person not playing the game can act as the casekeeper. The banker makes use of a table to layout 13 cards of a suit.
For betting the game, players buy chips from the banker, i.e., the dealer.
