page_title: Tute
section_title: Two-player Tute.
hierarchical_section_title: Tute / Gameplay / Two-player Tute.
caption_attribution_description: English: Position of the cards and trump in a 2 player tute game.
context_page_description: Tute is a trick-taking card game of the Ace-Ten family for two to four players. Originating in Italy, where it was known as Tutti, during the 19th century the game spread in Spain, becoming one of the most popular card games in the country. The name of the game was later modified by Spanish speakers, who started calling the game Tute. The game is played with a deck of traditional Spanish playing cards, or naipes, that is very similar to the Italian 40-card deck.
  The classic version of the game is Two-player Tute, while the most played is Tute in Pairs, where four players form two teams. The object of the game is to score the most points in the baza and by declarations. Due to its wide popularity, several variations of the game exist.
context_section_description: This variation of Tute is called "Tute Habanero". Each player is dealt eight cards and the next is turned for trumps. The upcard is placed perpendicular and beneath the stock.
  The non-dealer leads any card to the first trick. The second player must follow suit and head the trick if possible. If the second player is void in the led suit, but has one or more trump cards, he must play a trump. Only if the second player has no cards of the led suit and no trumps, may any other card be played. The trick is won by the higher trump or, if no trumps are played, the higher card of the led suit.
  The winning player takes both cards of the trick, and places them face down in separate pile on the table, called the baza. These cards remain out of play until scores are calculated at the end of the round.
  The winner of the trick takes the first card from the stock, and the loser the second. The trick winner may then make any announcements before leading to the next trick. Thus, until the stock runs out, so that, until that point, they each hold eight cards at the start of every trick. When the trump upcard is higher than a 7 (Ace, Three, King, Knight, or Knave), the player that holds the 7 of trumps may able exchange it for the upcard. The 7, and cards of lesser value (6, 5, and 4), may later be exchanged only by a 2. The trump exchanges are allowed anytime in the game until only two cards remain in the stock.
  After a player makes the first baza, that player is allowed to make declarations. Declaring is allowed until the last two cards are left in the stock (the last face-down stock card, and the trump upcard below it). After these last two stock cards are picked up, all of the cards the players hold must be played in order to finish the deal. When the deal is over, the players tot up their scores (see Scoring below). After the counting ends, and their scores are calculated, the cards in the bazas are mixed again in a single stock to be dealt at the start of the next deal.
caption: Position of the cards in a two-player game
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