Because each player begins with five cards and it is possible to play up to five cards at a time (two pairs plus a single card) it is known in some places as 'five card fool' - for example in Poland it is Dureń Piątkowy.Play the best Durak Online game with real players for free! Invite friends, choose your game mode, and enjoy fantastic graphics on any device.ĭurak is the card game loved by millions! Pick your game mode, invite your friends, and win big! Challenge other players and prove that you're a true winner! Prostoy Durak (simple fool) is less popular than it was, but is still played in Russia and several neighbouring countries. This game is also played in several other countries, either under the name Durak or the equivalent word for fool in the local language - for example Dureń in Polish. The best known of these games is Podkidnoy Durak (fool with throwing in) and when Russian players refer to Durak, they usually mean this game or one of its variants such as Perevodnoy Durak (transfer fool). Games of this type are played not only in Russia but in many East European countries, and especially in North-East Europe: Poland, Finland, the Baltic states and Belarus.

One of the punishments for the fool is the duty to deal the next hand, which is considered menial work. The aim is to get rid of all one's cards, and the last player left holding cards is the fool. If unable or unwilling to beat the attacking cards, the defender has to pick them up. The game consists of a series of attacks in which one player leads one or more cards and another player (the defender) may try to beat them, in which case they are discarded from the game. All these games are played no to find a winner, but to find a loser - the fool - who will be subject to various mockery, jokers, forfeits, etc.

Durak (Дурак) is the Russian word for fool and is the name of a group of related games.

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