Panguingue Glossary
Panguingue (pronounced "pan-ginn'-gay"), often called Pan for short, was a staple of the gambling halls during the Californian gold rush in the mid-1800's, and this Rummy variation remains popular in many regions, particularly in the western United States and Southern Florida.
Panguingue is an unusual game, played with 320 cards and up to 15 players. Pan also has it's own unique and colorful lingo:
- Bong
- Three 3's, three 5's, or three 7's, all in spades. This special conditions pays 4 chips
- Comoquers
- Two cards of the same rank and suit, 2's through Queens (also known as "Smokers").
- Conditions
- Certain spreads that allow a player to immediately collect chips from his opponents.
- Flat
- Ten cards melded, waiting to go out.
- Go On Top
- To decide not to play a hand.
- Kondition
- Alternate spelling for "condition".
- Meld
- A legal spread of sets or ropes.
- Muck
- The discard pile.
- Mucker
- The Dealer.
- Non-Comoquers
- Aces and Kings
- Non-Valle
- Cards of rank other than 3's, 5's, 7's
- Peckered
- When another player goes out before you get any of your pays down.
- Pisser
- A weak hand with no pays.
- Pluck
- To take the top card off the deck.
- Rope
- A sequence of three or more cards in the same suit (also known as a "Stringer").
- Set
- Three cards or more of the same rank, either all of the same suit, or all of different suits (also known as a "Square"). Non-Comoquers (aces and kings) may be melded regardless of suit.
- Sluff
- To discard a hand before play starts.
- Smoked
- When a player holding two cards of equal rank and different suits draws another card matching one of the previous cards, he's been "smoked" (he's holding an invalid set).
- Smokers
- Two cards of the same rank and suit, 2's through Queens (also known as "Comoquers").
- Spread
- A meld.
- Square
- Three cards or more of the same rank, either all of the same suit, or all of different suits (also known as a "Set").
- Stay
- To decide to play a hand.
- Stringer
- A meld consisting of a sequence of three or more cards of the same suit (also known as a "Rope").
- Tops
- The amount each player must add to the pot prior to being dealt a hand.
- Valle Cards
- 3's, 5's, & 7's; all other cards are non-valle cards (Note: "valle" is pronounced "valley").
