Il Circolo Burraco Comune di Barga have been moving around the city looking for a permanent place to play their cards – they have played down at the Barga Swimmming Pool during 2004 and outdoors in 2005
Recently they have been playing at the Hotel Villa Moorings which does look like it could become their permanent home but as work is still being done on the Hotel, this evening they were in Barga Vecchia.
42 players sat down at the green tables to play at Café Capretz.
Burraco, also sometimes spelt Buracco or Buraco, is a game for four players in fixed partnerships in which the aim is to lay down combinations: groups of cards of equal rank and sequences of cards in a suit, ace ranking high. There is a bonus for combinations of seven cards or more. Burraco is played with a double pack of 108 cards, incuding four jokers; the jokers and twos are wild.
Maybe you fancy a game of cards on line ? You can try out a game of burraco on line here or maybe at the burraconline.com site. You can also buy a set of burraco cards here
The Associazione Buracco Comune di Barga website is here