A card game for 2 to 6 players. Each round one player attacks and the next one defends, and the last player left holding cards loses. Below are the rules and one round played out card by card.
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Play & Win
Choose a table, pick your stake and play against real people. The house doesn't play against you: it only takes a fee from the pot, and the cards and your play decide the rest.
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Withdraw
Winnings land on your balance as soon as the game ends. Withdrawals are approved by hand, usually within 10 minutes during the day (London time); requests sent at night are approved in the morning.
The idea
You attack, your opponent defends. Whoever runs out of cards first wins.
That's the whole idea. The rest of this page is detail, and the walkthrough below shows it on real cards.
Objective
Get rid of all your cards. The last player still holding cards at the end loses and is the Durak (fool). Everyone else who emptied their hand shares the pot, and the first player out is the winner.
Setup
Deck24 (9–A), 36 (6–A) or 52 cards
Players2 – 6 players
Starting hand6 cards per player
TrumpBottom card of the deck, suit revealed
First attackerWhoever holds the lowest trump
The bottom card of the remaining deck is placed face-up to determine the trump suit. Trump cards beat any non-trump card, regardless of rank. The deck is then placed on top of it (face-down) so the trump card is still visible underneath.
Card Ranks (low → high)
A higher card beats a lower one of the same suit. The ace is the strongest ordinary card.
6♥
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6♥
7♥
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7♥
8♥
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8♥
9♥
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9♥
10♥
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10♥
J♥
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J♥
Q♥
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Q♥
K♥
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K♥
A♥
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A♥
The one exception: every trump beats every non-trump. Even a trump 6 beats an ace of another suit, so hold on to your trumps for defence.
Example round
One attack, step by step
Step through one attack. By the end you'll know how beating, throwing in and trumps work.
Trump suit ♥ HeartsSTEP 1 · ATTACK
7♠
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7♠
The attacker opens
The attacker lays down any card, here the 7 of spades. The defender, the player to their left, now has to beat it.
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What if the defender can't beat a card? They pick up every card on the table, add them to their hand and skip their own attack. That's why attackers throw in as much as they can: every card the defender can't beat stays in their hand.
Every move
Attacking
You open with any single card. Later in the same round you can only add cards whose rank is already on the table. A round holds at most as many attack cards as the defender has in hand, and never more than 6 (5 in the first round of the game).
Defending
Beat each attack card individually with a higher card of the same suit or with any trump. Cover them all and the round is yours; leave one uncovered and you pick up everything.
Throwing inPodkidnoy
While the defender is defending, any attacker can throw in more cards, but only of ranks already on the table. The more you add, the harder it is for the defender to cover them all.
TransferPerevodnoy · variant
At transfer tables, instead of defending you can pass the attack to the next player by adding a card of the same rank. They now face all the cards and can pass it on again if they have a matching card.
Picking up
Can't or don't want to beat everything? Take all cards on the table into your hand and lose your turn to attack. Sometimes it's the right call, but it makes your hand bigger, and you need it empty.
Discard
When a defence holds, every card from that round is discarded for good. Then everyone refills to 6 cards and the defender attacks next.
Refilling your hand
After each round everyone draws back up to 6 cards: the attacker first, then the other attackers, the defender last. When the deck runs out, nobody draws, and the face-up trump at the bottom is the last card taken.
Winning & losing
Once the deck is gone, empty your hand and you're out safely with your share of the pot. Play goes on until one player is left holding cards: the Durak, who loses the stake.
Turn Timer & AFK
Each player has 30 seconds to make a move. A countdown timer is shown on screen. If time runs out, the game auto-plays the best available move (or forces a card pick-up for the defender). After 3 consecutive timeouts you are removed from the game and forfeit your stake.
Questions
Is Durak luck or skill?
Both, but over many games skill wins out. Tracking trumps, timing your throw-ins and knowing when to pick up is what separates strong players from beginners.
Can I practice for free first?
Yes. Every lobby has a free demo table against a bot so you can rehearse the flow before staking real USDT.
How fast are withdrawals?
We approve every withdrawal by hand, usually within 10 minutes during the day (London time). Requests sent at night are approved in the morning. Once approved, the transfer reaches your wallet in about a minute.
Am I playing real people?
Yes. Bots only play the free demo table. On staked tables everyone is a person, and the house takes 5% of the pot instead of playing against you.
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