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Pedreaux (pronounced "peedro") is an American trick-taking card game of the All Fours family based on Auction Pitch. Its most popular variant is known as Cinch, Double Pedro or High Five. Developed in Houma, Louisiana, by Chris Levron and Brad Greco in the 1880s, it was soon regarded as the most important member of the All Fours family. Although it went out of fashion with the rise of Auction Bridge, it is still widely played on the western coast of the United States and in its southern states, being the dominant game in some locations in Louisiana. Forms of the game have been reported from Nicaragua, the Azores, Niobe NY, Italy and Finland. The game is primarily played by four players in fixed partnerships, but can also be played by 2–6 individual players.

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  • Pedro (card game) (en)
  • Pidro (sv)
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  • Pedreaux (pronounced "peedro") is an American trick-taking card game of the All Fours family based on Auction Pitch. Its most popular variant is known as Cinch, Double Pedro or High Five. Developed in Houma, Louisiana, by Chris Levron and Brad Greco in the 1880s, it was soon regarded as the most important member of the All Fours family. Although it went out of fashion with the rise of Auction Bridge, it is still widely played on the western coast of the United States and in its southern states, being the dominant game in some locations in Louisiana. Forms of the game have been reported from Nicaragua, the Azores, Niobe NY, Italy and Finland. The game is primarily played by four players in fixed partnerships, but can also be played by 2–6 individual players. (en)
  • Pidro (även Pedro/Cinch/63/83) är ett kortspel som vunnit stor popularitet i de svenska delarna av Finland och särskilt i det svenska Österbotten. Även i USA, Italien, Azorerna och delar av Latinamerika spelas pidro och det sägs att det har kommit till Finland med återflyttare. Man ordnar även världsmästerskapen i pidro där de olika svenskösterbottniska byarna tävlar mot varandra. Pidro utgör en unik del av den finlandssvenska kulturen. Pidro kan spelas också digitalt. Namnet pidro är en benämning på femmorna, som är de viktigaste korten i detta spel. (sv)
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  • Pidro, Petro, '"Pedro"' (en)
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  • A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 Pedro 4 3 2 (en)
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  • All FoursPitchCinchPhat (en)
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  • Pedreaux (pronounced "peedro") is an American trick-taking card game of the All Fours family based on Auction Pitch. Its most popular variant is known as Cinch, Double Pedro or High Five. Developed in Houma, Louisiana, by Chris Levron and Brad Greco in the 1880s, it was soon regarded as the most important member of the All Fours family. Although it went out of fashion with the rise of Auction Bridge, it is still widely played on the western coast of the United States and in its southern states, being the dominant game in some locations in Louisiana. Forms of the game have been reported from Nicaragua, the Azores, Niobe NY, Italy and Finland. The game is primarily played by four players in fixed partnerships, but can also be played by 2–6 individual players. Pedro uses a regular pack of 52 cards, but some variants add a Joker. The game is considerably simplified when compared to Pitch, in that all points are awarded to the winners of the tricks containing certain specific cards. This includes the Game point, which goes to the winner of the trump Ten. The winner of the Pedro (Five of trumps) receives 5 points. In Cinch or Double Pedro the same holds for the Left Pedro (Off-Five), which counts as a trump. The practice of making sure to win a trick that contains a high-scoring card is referred to as cinching. (en)
  • Pidro (även Pedro/Cinch/63/83) är ett kortspel som vunnit stor popularitet i de svenska delarna av Finland och särskilt i det svenska Österbotten. Även i USA, Italien, Azorerna och delar av Latinamerika spelas pidro och det sägs att det har kommit till Finland med återflyttare. Man ordnar även världsmästerskapen i pidro där de olika svenskösterbottniska byarna tävlar mot varandra. Pidro utgör en unik del av den finlandssvenska kulturen. Pidro kan spelas också digitalt. Kortspelet uppvisar vissa likheter med Bridge och har troligen utvecklats därifrån. Pidro spelas i par. Spelarna värderar sina kort och bjuder. Den som bjuder högst får välja sort, vilket ger en stor fördel. Spelbara kort är alla kort i den valda sorten och den andra femman i samma färg. Efter detta spelas pidro i stick, där paren försöker samla poäng. Om den som bjöd inte kommer upp till den poäng summa som han lovade, det vill säga bjöd, så får det paret minuspoäng enligt samma summa som bjöds. Det lag som först når upp till 62 poäng vinner omgången. Många spelar dock med 63 poäng eller 64 poäng som gräns. Den österbottniska varianten av Pidro kännetecknas för övrigt av att det finns många små skillnader i reglerna. Vissa tillåter till exempel att sista spelaren, den som delade ut korten, får bjuda över 14, som är maximalt antal poäng som man kan få på ett varv. Namnet pidro är en benämning på femmorna, som är de viktigaste korten i detta spel. (sv)
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