“The next is eight.
“All these four hands are known as tĕrus. A hand of three threes is really a good
hand, being nine, but it is considered a propitiation of good luck to throw it
down (without exposing it), and announce that one is buta, in the hopes of
getting good luck afterwards.
“Each player makes two stakes—kapala and ekor. They may be of equal value,
or the ekor may be of greater value than the kapala.
“The kapala must not be of greater value than the ekor; that is called tual ka
ujong (tual = bĕrat).
“Or there may be a single stake only, which is called podul.
“Betting between players is called sorong, or tuwi, or sorong tuwi.
“A pool, tuwi tengah.
“The ekor stake is only paid to the dealer if he holds one of the hands called
tĕrus, and if a smaller hand is held by a player, then the dealer takes both kapala
and ekor (mengĕlong).
“A player who holds thirty exactly (except when he has three court-cards, kuda)
is said to be out (buta).
“Any one except the player on the right of the dealer may cut. The player who
cuts looks at the bottom card of those that he lifts, and if he thinks it is a lucky
cut he accepts it and puts down the card he has lifted (pengĕrat).
“The dealer then puts the rest of the pack on top of the cut, and in his turn lifts a
portion of the pack (pengangkat), and looks at the bottom card.
“There are all sorts of names for different cards and combinations of cards of
various degrees of luck, and these are quoted by the cutter and dealer, each
declaring his confidence in the luck coming to him by reason of the cutting or
lifting of a particular card.
Tiang ampat Penghulu chĕlong.