Play Dehla Pakad Online
Two pairs, fifty-two cards, and four tens that decide everything. Nobody chooses trump here: it is whichever suit someone first plays when they cannot follow, so the whole table finds out at the same moment.
Also known as: Delha Pakkad, Dehla Pakkad, Dehlo Pakad, Dhela Pakad, Mendikot, Mendicot, Catch the Tens. The spelling varies by region — they all describe the same game.
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How it plays
- Five cards each to start — the other eight wait until trump exists.
- Nobody bids and nobody picks trump; the first card played off-suit sets it.
- Only the four tens score. Every other trick is a way of chasing them.
- Take three tens and the round pays 30; take all four and it pays 80.
- First partnership to 100 takes the match, however many rounds that needs.
Want the detail? Read the full rules, how to play it well, or the common questions.