Card games in prison and in the zone

In prisons and camps, card games are considered something special and take their special place. Such card games as " Tertz ", "Twenty One ( Point )", " Seca ", " Rams ", " Bura ", " Stos " became generally recognized in the early 30s of the last century and at one time called thieves' card games . At about the same time, the laws of the card game (not the rules) began to be written. Until today, these laws are in force. The laws of thieves 'brotherhood oblige the "lawyer", the one who lives by "thieves' laws" to know all the card games, of course, in which they play in prison and in the zone. But nevertheless, the maps on the zone are under strict prohibition.

What is the essence of the laws of the card game? To begin with, in a prison, cards are never played for nothing. And they never use the phrase "we'll play just like that," which means playing at the place below the back. It is customary to say this: "We play without interest or interest." Without interest means that they play just for fun. By interest, this means that they play on tobacco products, alcohol, clothes, money, etc., maybe sports interest when playing on push-ups, sit-ups, jumps. You can play and under the answer, this is the object exhibited on the game, which in case of loss will be given after a certain period, which is set before the game. If one of the prisoners played under the interest and, having lost, did not give interest, then this prisoner is mistaken for a foulard, and he has a direct road to the "goat", to the "chicken pug", etc. If the interest is put money, then from the card game goes to the obshchak from 10 to 20 or more percent, and this money can be taken from both the loser and the money put at stake. During the game, you can simply be an observer and not play, but then in any case you should not allow any comments, otherwise the loser can blame the one who commented.

All the improvised means are used to make maps on the zone. From paper cut sheets for cards, which are glued together a paste, which was made from chewed and grinded bread. Then stencils are made, on which the drawings are applied. The truth is now less and less frequent, as there are many ways to deliver to the prison the usual factory Chinese card deck. It is worth noting that all the cards in the prisons are crimped, that is, they are already surely worth the tags, so a loss can be secured at any time.

As mentioned above, games in "Terz", "21", "Seku", "Buru" etc. are very popular on the zone. It is worth emphasizing that these games are not at all as simple as they seem at first glance, but rather intelligent, especially the terra, and therefore do not treat them as a simple throw-over for the pastime. Before playing it is best to attend the observer, thoroughly studying the rules of the game, and only then to play, as the rules of the game on the zone have many nuances, and often one word already said changes the whole course of the game.