Oicho-Kabu
Encyclopedia
Oicho-Kabu is a traditional Japanese
game that is similar to the Western games, blackjack
and baccarat
. It is typically played with special kabufuda
cards. A hanafuda
deck can also be used, if the last two months are discarded. (Western playing cards can be used, if the face cards are removed from the deck and aces are counted as one.) Oicho-Kabu means 8-9 and uses the Japanese kabufuda names for the numbers one to ten. As in baccarat, this game also has dealer
, who the players try to beat .
The goal of the game is to reach 9. As in baccarat, the last digit of any total over 10 makes your hand: a 15 counts as 5, a 12 as 2, and a 20 as 0. Having two of the same card makes it the card number: a 10 and a 10 = 10, 1 and a 1 = 1
The nickname for the worst hand in oichokabu—an eight, a nine and a three—is phonetically expressed as "ya-ku-za" and is the origin of the Japanese word for "gangster," yakuza
.
Japan
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game that is similar to the Western games, blackjack
Blackjack
Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...
and baccarat
Baccarat
Baccarat is a card game, played at casinos and by gamblers. It is believed to have been introduced into France from Italy during the reign of King Charles VIII , and it is similar to Faro and Basset...
. It is typically played with special kabufuda
Kabufuda
Kabufuda are Japanese playing cards used for gambling games such as Oicho-Kabu and Tehonbiki.Kabufuda cards, like the related hanafuda are smaller and stiffer than Western playing cards. A deck contains 40 cards, with designs representing the numbers 1 through 10...
cards. A hanafuda
Hanafuda
are playing cards of Japanese origin that are used to play a number of games. The name literally translates as "flower cards". The name also refers to games played with those cards.-History:...
deck can also be used, if the last two months are discarded. (Western playing cards can be used, if the face cards are removed from the deck and aces are counted as one.) Oicho-Kabu means 8-9 and uses the Japanese kabufuda names for the numbers one to ten. As in baccarat, this game also has dealer
Dealer
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, who the players try to beat .
The goal of the game is to reach 9. As in baccarat, the last digit of any total over 10 makes your hand: a 15 counts as 5, a 12 as 2, and a 20 as 0. Having two of the same card makes it the card number: a 10 and a 10 = 10, 1 and a 1 = 1
The nickname for the worst hand in oichokabu—an eight, a nine and a three—is phonetically expressed as "ya-ku-za" and is the origin of the Japanese word for "gangster," yakuza
Yakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
.