Speculation is a card game played with a full deck of cards. Each player contributes to a pool, the dealer paying double. The dealer then distributes three cards face down, one at a time, to each player and then turns the top card of the reaming deck face upwards for trumps. Should the turned over card be an ace, the dealer takes the pot, otherwise the players may bid for the card, the purchaser placing it upon his own cards. Play begins by the elder hand turning the top card of the three dealt to him; if not of the trump suit it has no bearing on the game. Each player turns a card until a higher trump appears than the one already exposed. This trump then becomes an object for speculation, and this selling and buying of cards continues until one of the players holds the highest trump of the hand, which entitles him to the pool. Research Speculation
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Abbreviations
Recreation
Research Speculation
