Learn Truco: Free Interactive Truco Lessons
Every lesson here is played on the same table you play matches on, with a deal set up for the lesson. You read a few lines, make the play, and the table tells you whether it worked. Start with the cards if you have never played: the ranking is what newcomers get wrong most.
- 4 lessons
- 20 min
- Free, no sign-up
Unit 1
The cards
The 40-card Spanish deck and its ranking, which has little to do with the numbers on the cards: why a 3 beats a king, which aces are high, and the two false sevens.
Unit 2
Tricks and the round
Three tricks, best of three. What a tied trick, a parda, does to the count, and why the Mano wins a round in which every trick ties.
Unit 3
Calling Truco
Raise the round from 1 point to 2, 3 or 4 with Truco, Retruco and Vale Cuatro. Accept a call, raise it, or turn it down when your cards are weak.
Unit 4
The Envido
Count your hand's Envido, bet it before the first trick is over, answer a Truco with the Envido first, and know what a declined bet pays.