Limit toepen©

Limit toepen© is a version of toepen that was invented and developed by kaartspellen.online in 2024. We have added some game play elements of poker to make toepen more suitable for online play and to make the card game even more exciting.

General rules of limit toepen

The general rules of limit toepen are the same as classic toepen.

1. It can be played with 2 to 8 players. Normally it is played with 4 players.
2. Toepen is played with piquet cards. The cards 2 to 6 are left out of the deck of cards.
3. The value of the cards is as follows from low to high: jack, queen, king, ace, 7, 8, 9, 10.
4. Players should always confess suit if possible.
5. The goal of the game is to win the last trick.

Game play in limit toepen

There are differences between the gameplay of limit toepen and classic toepen.

• At the start of each round each player has 10 coins (or chips).
• Before dealing, each player puts one coin in the pot. This is the ante.
• After the dealer has dealt, any player still in the game may knock at any time. So you may knock even if it is not your turn. The knocking player puts 1 coin into the pot. So this is a bet in poker terms.
• After a player knocks, the other players still in the game may indicate whether they call or fold. The player whose turn it is decides first, followed by the other players one at a time. If a player calls, that player also puts 1 coin in the pot. If a player folds, he discards his cards and is no longer active in the hand.
• A player may never knock twice in a row. Another player, who is still in the hand, may knock again. A player who has knocked earlier in the game may knock again if another player has knocked after him.
• A player can win if all other players have folded or by winning the last trick. The winner of the game receives the pot.
• After each game, the supply of coins is replenished to 10. In case of playing with real money, a player starts with the number of coins with which he finished the previous round. A player has the option of buying additional coins between rounds the up to the maximum number of coins a player may buy in.

Why limit toepen

Kaartspellen.online has introduced limit toepen because it offers several advantages over classic toepen.

• Classic toepen is a card game in tournament form. Online, where players quickly join but also quickly leave the table, this means that complete pots are often not completed. Limit toepen is played pot by pot.
• Limit toepen is a zero sum game. This makes it easier to establish a ranking.
• Limit toepen is also suitable for tournaments. In a tournament limit toepen a player is eliminated when he has lost all his coins. In a tournament the antes are raised periodically.
• Limit toepen is also suitable to play for real money, also because it is a zero sum game. Poker chips can be used for this purpose. On kaartspellen.online we never play for real money.

Additional rules limit toepen (optional)

• Optionally you can play with dirty laundry. If a player has 4 picture cards (Jack, Queen, King or Ace) or 3 picture cards and a 7, he has dirty laundry. In this case, the player may declare that he has dirty laundry, put the cards away blind and take 4 new cards. A player may also bluff that he has dirty laundry. Any other player may therefore turn over the dirty laundry cards to check if they are actually dirty laundry cards. If the cards really do appear to be dirty laundry cards, then the player who turned over the dirty laundry must put 1 coin in the pot. Do the cards not turn out to be dirty laundry cards and thus the player who indicated this was bluffing? In that case, the bluffing player must put 1 coin in the pot and must play the round with his “dirty laundry” cards.

No Limit Toepen and Pot Limit Toepen

Limit Toepen can also be played in a no limit and pot limit variation.

• In the No Limit variant, a player who knocks may bet a number of coins of his own choosing at one time. The maximum is the number of coins the player has at that time.
• In the Pot Limit variant, a player who knocks may bet any number of coins of his choice at one time. The maximum is the size of the pot at the time the player knocks.

The copyrights for the games Limit toepen©, No Limit toepen© and Pot Limit toepen© rest with kaartspellen.online.