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Play truco against the computer

Players
You

Computer

How to play

Tap a card to play it

  • Choose above whether you play 2-handed (you against the computer) or 4-handed (you and a partner against two opponents; the computer plays all three).
  • The calls you can make appear as buttons below your cards: envido, truco, quiero, no quiero, fold.
  • With the keyboard: 1, 2 and 3 play your cards; Q is quiero, N is no quiero, T is truco (or the raise that applies), E is envido; Enter deals.
  • Each mode saves its game in your browser: if you close the page or switch modes, you can continue later.
  • The computer can't see your cards: it decides based on what is on the table, like you.
Girl sitting on the edge of a table throwing down a card as if calling truco
Levels

What the computer does

Easy plays almost at random. Normal calculates the exact chance of its envido and its cards. Hard also guesses your cards from what you called, and sometimes bluffs. In 4-handed games, your partner and the opponents play at the same level.

4-player

How four-player play works

  • Two pairs sit facing each other: your partner is across from you and the opponents are on the sides. Play goes counterclockwise, so after you, the opponent on your right plays.
  • The mano starts, and in the next hand the player beside them is the mano. The last player of each pair to play is the pie.
  • The highest card wins each trick. If two cards from the same pair tie, that pair wins the trick; if they are from different pairs, it is a tie (parda). The winner of the previous trick starts the next one; after a parda, the mano does.
  • Anyone can call envido before playing their first card. If it is accepted, the points are announced starting from the mano, and a player who can't beat the best of the other pair says “son buenas”; the pair of the player with the most points wins, and if they tie, the one closest to the mano wins.
  • Who answers a call: at 30, the pie of the other pair answers; at 15, the first opponent after the one who called. The answer binds the whole pair.
  • If you fold, only you leave and your partner keeps playing with their cards. If both fold, the other pair collects what the hand was worth (without truco or cards played: 2 to 30 and 1 to 15).
  • Signs: with the panel you tell your partner what you hold. Here you can only make true signs and your partner takes them into account; the opponents don't see them, though at a real table they can. You can find them all in truco signs.
  • 4-handed games are played without flor: with four hands, flor has its own rules that we haven't built yet.
Where it comes from
Partida más generalizada formándose entre dos (2) parejas de contrarios que deberán sentarse alternados (frente a frente)

In English: A more common game is formed between two (2) pairs of opponents who must sit alternately (facing each other)

Juegos Bonaerenses 2026 - Specific rules: Truco (older adults) · juegos.gba.gob.ar · copy from 3 Nov 2026
Todo el juego del truco se realiza en sentido contrario al de las agujas del reloj.

In English: The whole game of truco is played counterclockwise.

El jugador a la derecha del dador es el mano y cuenta con ciertas preferencias en el juego

In English: The player to the right of the dealer is the mano and has certain advantages in the game

El último jugador de cada bando es el pie, que suele actuar como capitán y estratega del equipo.

In English: The last player of each side is the pie, who usually acts as captain and strategist of the team.

Cuando más de uno juega la carta mayor, ganan si son del mismo bando, y si son contrarios, empatan (baza parda).

In English: When more than one player plays the highest card, they win if they are on the same side, and if they are opponents, they tie (baza parda).

en la segunda y en la tercera, sale el que ha ganado la anterior.

In English: in the second and third, the winner of the previous one leads.

Si la primera resultó empatada vuelve a iniciar la segunda el mano.

In English: If the first one was tied, the mano starts the second again.

Tanto los envites como las respuestas comprometen a todo el bando en el cual juega el que los hizo.

In English: Both the calls and the answers bind the whole side of the player who made them.

en caso de igualdad gana el mano (es decir, entre dos jugadores que tienen los mismos puntos de envido gana el que se encuentra primero en esa ronda).

In English: in case of a tie the mano wins (that is, between two players with the same envido points, the one who comes first in that round wins).

Cuando un jugador tiene una jugada peor que otra declarada, no es necesario que cante la suya, basta que diga son buenas.

In English: When a player has a worse hand than one already declared, they don't need to call theirs; it is enough to say son buenas.

Cualquier jugador del bando contrario puede contestar y su respuesta obliga a todo su equipo.

In English: Any player on the opposing side can answer, and their answer binds their whole team.

Si en un bando un jugador se va a baraja y el otro no, éste queda solo en el juego defendiendo con sus cartas la suerte del equipo.

In English: If one player on a side folds and the other doesn't, the other stays alone in the game, defending the team's fortune with their cards.

Si los dos jugadores de un bando se van a baraja y no se ha gritado o cantado truco, el otro bando cobra 1 tanto.

In English: If both players on a side fold and truco has not been called, the other side collects 1 point.

Es posible señalar a los compañeros las cartas que se tienen.

In English: It is possible to signal your cards to your partners.

Hay que tener en cuenta que las señas para informar a los compañeros también pueden observarlas los contrarios.

In English: Keep in mind that the signs used to inform partners can also be seen by opponents.

Truco rules (www.juegosdesalon.com), copy published by Folklore Tradiciones · folkloretradiciones.com.ar · copy from 3 Nov 2026
Rules the game uses

From the official rules

Where it comes from
EL AS DE ESPADAS. EL AS DE BASTOS. EL SIETE DE ESPADAS. EL SIETE DE OROS. Estas cuatro (4) cartas son las llamadas BRAVAS.

In English: THE ANCHO DE ESPADAS. THE ANCHO DE BASTOS. THE SIETE DE ESPADAS. THE SIETE DE OROS. These four (4) cards are called the BRAVAS.

A estas le siguen por orden: LOS TRES, LOS DOS, LOS ASES “FALSOS” (ases de copa y oro) LOS REYES, LOS CABALLOS, LAS SOTAS, LOS SIETE “FALSOS” (siete de basto y siete de copa) LOS SEIS, LOS CINCO y por último LOS CUATRO.

In English: These are followed in order by: THE THREES, THE TWOS, THE “FALSE” ACES (aces of copas and oros), THE KINGS, THE KNIGHTS, THE JACKS, THE “FALSE” SEVENS (seven of bastos and seven of copas), THE SIXES, THE FIVES and lastly THE FOURS.

En caso de empate en el número de tantos, del envido querido, ganará la mano.

In English: If the points tie in an accepted envido, the mano wins.

Los mismos serán los necesarios para concluir un chico, en caso de estar en tantos “malos”, en caso de estar en tantos “buenos” cobrará los tantos que al contrario le falte para concluir el chico.

In English: These are the points needed to finish a game, if you are in the malas; if you are in the buenas, you collect the points the opponent lacks to finish the game.

Cuando esto ocurra, en la segunda mano, “sale” jugando “la mano” y ganará el que “hace” la segunda mano

In English: When this happens, in the second hand, the player “leads” as “la mano” and the one who “makes” the second hand will win

Si ocurre este episodio, ganarán los jugadores o el jugador, que ha sido mano al comienzo del juego.

In English: If this happens, the players or the player who was mano at the start of the game will win.

Cuando antes de jugar ninguna carta se va un bando “a baraja” sin decir palabra, queda terminado, ese tiro y el bando contrario, yéndose también a baraja cobrará dos (2) tantos a favor.

In English: When a side goes “to the deck” without a word before any card is played, that round is over and the opposing side, also going to the deck, collects two (2) points in its favor.

Si un jugador tiene tres cartas del mismo palo, debe cantar flor antes de pasar a la fase de truco y se llevará tres tantos.

In English: If a player has three cards of the same suit, they must call flor before moving on to the truco phase and they get three points.

Con flor me achico: no entrar a valorar sobre quién tiene la mejor flor. En este caso, quien cantó primero flor obtendrá 4 tantos.

In English: With flor I back down (con flor me achico): not going into who has the best flor. In this case, whoever called flor first gets 4 points.

Contra flor: supone plantear una apuesta de 6 tantos, sobre quién tiene la mejor combinación. Si el adversario no acepta contra flor quien la planteó se lleva 4 tantos.

In English: Contraflor: a bet of 6 points on who has the best combination. If the opponent doesn't accept contraflor, the player who raised it takes 4 points.

La partida se jugará a 1 chico de cuarenta (40) tantos.

In English: The game will be played to 1 short game of forty (40) points.

Juegos Bonaerenses 2026 - Specific rules: Truco (older adults) · juegos.gba.gob.ar · copy from 3 Nov 2026
Para el envido, sólo si se tienen dos cartas del mismo palo se añaden 20 puntos al valor absoluto de esas dos cartas; en caso contrario, el valor del envido es sólo el de la carta más "alta".

In English: For envido, only if you have two cards of the same suit are 20 points added to the face value of those two cards; otherwise, the envido value is just that of the "highest" card.

Si el no quiero contesta al primer envite del equipo que la había echado, éste gana 1 tanto; si había otros revires, el equipo al que le ha sido rechazada la última proposición gana los tantos "queridos" hasta ese momento.

In English: If the no quiero answers the first bet of the team that made it, that team wins 1 point; if there were other raises, the team whose last proposal was rejected wins the points "accepted" up to that moment.

Truco rules (www.juegosdesalon.com), copy published by Folklore Tradiciones · folkloretradiciones.com.ar · copy from 3 Nov 2026