The 11th Trofeo Burraco sotto le Stelle as played out tonight in perfect conditions around the pool at the Liberty style Hotel Villa Moorings in Barga Giardino. A moon to light the sky, even a slight breeze to cool the players as as 150 burraco players seated round 38 tables got down to the serious business of the evening – the tournament.
The Associazione Burraco Comune di Barga have in the past moved around the city looking for a permanent place to play their cards – they have played before at the Villa during 2007, outdoors in 2005 and down at the Barga Swimmming Pool during 2004, but now it looks as if they have finally found their permanent home here at the Liberty style Hotel Villa Moorings.
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
Click on the link below to hear the vice president of the F.I.Bur. talking about tonight’s events (in Italiano)