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Tổ Tôm is played with a 120-card deck built from 30 card types, each repeated four times.
In many Vietnamese card games, 'ảnh' refers to face cards (J, Q, K). Their scoring value and ranking impact depend on each game's rules.
Exposed cards visible to all players, used for range inference and betting-line decisions in Xì Tố formats.
Hidden private cards known only to the player, central to bluff and read dynamics in Xì Tố and related betting games.
The 8-Sách card in Chắn and Tổ Tôm, notably associated with the Lèo scoring set.
The Spades suit in Vietnamese card game terminology. Represented by ♠, it is one of the four standard suits in a 52-card deck.
A special card type in the Chắn deck, separate from the three main suits Vạn, Văn, and Sách.
A core Tu Sac piece rank that appears frequently in pair, triple, and quad set construction.
The Hearts suit in Vietnamese card game terminology. Represented by ♥, it is one of the four standard suits in a 52-card deck.
Color balance in Tứ Sắc is maintaining workable distribution across four colors to preserve multiple legal meld options.
A color-critical piece that determines whether the hand favors run or set routes.
Face-up cards shared by all players in community card poker variants like Texas Hold'em. The five community cards (flop, turn, river) combine with hole cards to form hands.
The rank-9 card in Chắn and Tổ Tôm suit families, commonly involved in named scoring patterns.
The 9-Vạn card in Chắn and Tổ Tôm, relevant to hand structure and the Lèo cước pattern.
In Xì Tố, the first face-up card dealt to each player, used to determine early initiative and visible strength.
Counting revealed Tứ Sắc pieces to estimate remaining completion chances.
Each Chan card type appears in four identical copies in the deck.
Tứ Sắc cards are divided into four colors: red, green, yellow, and white.
One of the four Tứ Sắc color groups that determines valid grouping logic for piece sets.
The Two card (2), which is the highest-ranking card in Tiến Lên. It can beat any single card but can be 'chopped' (beaten) by special combinations like Four of a Kind or three consecutive pairs.
Face-down cards dealt to each player in poker. In Texas Hold'em, each player receives 2 hole cards; in Seven Card Stud, players receive up to 3 hole cards.
Honor-card preservation in Tổ Tôm is holding special cards until their combination value is clear rather than discarding them early.
The Jack, a face card in a standard playing card deck. In Vietnamese games, J typically ranks between 10 and Q, though some games assign it special properties.
The King, the highest-ranking face card in most card games. In Vietnamese game rankings, K is typically the third-highest card after Ace and 2.
A Tứ Sắc piece rank commonly involved in interchangeable set paths depending on available colors and discard flow.
The rank-2 card in Chắn and Tổ Tôm suit families, used to form valid pairs and melds.
One of the three special honor cards in the full Tổ Tôm deck, used in specific high-value hand structures.
A principal Tứ Sắc piece type used in same-rank grouping logic. Board tracking of Pháo helps infer opponents' hidden structure.
Piece-family control in Tứ Sắc means managing key ranks like Tướng, Sĩ, and Pháo to prevent bottlenecks in meld building.
The Queen, a face card in a standard playing card deck. In Vietnamese card games, Q ranks between J and K in standard ordering.
A Tứ Sắc piece type such as Tướng, Sĩ, Tượng, Xe, Pháo, Mã, or Chốt used to form valid groups.
One of the four Tứ Sắc color groups, used to classify pieces for legal combination checks.
The Diamonds suit in Vietnamese card game terminology. Represented by ♦, it is one of the four standard suits in a 52-card deck.
A connector card that links two fragments into one valid sequence.
The Tứ Sắc deck is built from seven piece families: General, Advisor, Elephant, Chariot, Cannon, Horse, and Soldier.
A core Tứ Sắc piece rank that participates in valid triplets/quads depending on color and current board state.
In Rummy, the face-down draw pile of undealt cards. Players draw from the stock or the discard pile on each turn.
A key card used to switch from survival play to control play within the same suit.
The 3-Sách card in Chắn and Tổ Tôm, used in meld building and in the Tôm cước set.
The 3-Vạn card in Chắn and Tổ Tôm, including its role in the Tôm scoring combination.
The Clubs suit in Vietnamese card game terminology. Represented by ♣, it is one of the four standard suits in a 52-card deck.
A special Tổ Tôm honor card outside the regular suit-number families, important in traditional pattern recognition.
The 7-Văn card in Chắn and Tổ Tôm, a key component of the Tôm scoring pattern.
The To Tom deck is structured around 30 distinct card types.
The To Tom deck structure is defined by 30 distinct card types that players must recognize quickly.
The three core Chan suits are Vạn, Sách, and Văn.
Besides numbered suit cards, Tổ Tôm includes a special group of three General-type cards.
The trio of special cards in Tổ Tôm that are treated separately from Vạn, Văn, and Sách during hand reading.
In Chắn, all numbered cards are organized into three suits: Vạn, Sách, and Văn.
The soldier-ranked piece family in Tứ Sắc. Efficient Tốt management often decides hand speed and endgame stability.
One of the seven core Tu Sac piece ranks, used in legal set formation by color and type.
One of the seven core piece types in Tứ Sắc decks. Correct grouping of Tướng by color and set rules is essential to valid meld construction.
The three major suit families in traditional Vietnamese character-card games such as Chắn and Tổ Tôm. Understanding these suits is fundamental for reading tiles and building combinations.
One of the four core color groups in Tứ Sắc used to validate legal set formation.
One of the standard Tứ Sắc piece identities. Xe combinations are frequently part of mid-strength set-building paths.
The Ace in Vietnamese card game terminology. In most Vietnamese card games, the Ace (Xì) ranks high, typically below only the 2 in Tiến Lên and similar shedding games.
One of the four Tứ Sắc color groups, required for reading piece identity and forming legal sets.