Two-player Armenian Blot
Free to play. No install, no ads between hands, no betting.
The rules in 30 seconds
- Two players and a 24-card deck without sevens and eights; 16 cards are dealt.
- One card is turned up: take its suit as trump or pass. In the second round another suit can be named, and if it comes back to the dealer, the dealer must choose.
- The eight cards nobody was dealt go to whoever wins the hand.
- The taker must strictly outscore the defender; four of a kind does not score in this mode.
- Points are divided by ten, first to 101 — the same scale and rating as four-player Armenian Blot.
Not everyone has three other players available. The two-player mode keeps the Armenian scoring but replaces the bazar with a turn-up: one card is turned face up, and each player in turn takes its suit as trump or passes.
It shares a rating with the four-player game, so a session against one opponent still moves your Armenian ranking.
A shorter deck
- Two players, no partners
- The sevens and eights come out, leaving a 24-card deck
- Only 16 of those cards are dealt and played
- A card is turned up to offer trump, as in the French game
The cards nobody was dealt
Eight cards are never dealt — and they are not simply ignored. Their value is counted with the hand's trump — trump cards at trump values, the rest at plain values — and credited to whoever wins the hand, shown as a separate line when the deal is scored. A close deal can turn on that leftover, so it is worth remembering which cards never appeared.
Card values
| Card | Plain suit | Trump |
|---|---|---|
| A | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | 10 | 10 |
| K | 4 | 4 |
| Q | 3 | 3 |
| J | 2 | 20 |
| 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 |
The sevens and eights are not in this deck, but they are worth nothing anyway. Trump is always a suit in this mode.
Winning a deal
- The taker must strictly outscore the defender — matching them is not enough
- A failed contract hands the defender a flat 162, plus both sides' belote and competitive runs
- A failed taker keeps nothing
- Four-of-a-kinds do not score in this mode
Scoring
Armenian scoring — divided by ten, rounded, match to 101 — the same scale as the four-player game, which is what lets both feed one rating.
Common questions
Does two-player Blot affect my rating?
Yes. It shares the Armenian rating bucket with the four-player game, so results from both move the same ranking and count toward the Armenian tournament.
Why remove the sevens and eights?
With two players a full 32-card deck leaves too little in play to matter. Removing the eight worthless cards keeps every deal dense with real points.
Play a hand
Free to play. No install, no ads between hands, no betting.