Gou Ji (), is one of the most popular card games played in Qingdao, China. Origin The game of Gou Ji was formed in Licang District, Qingdao during 1962 – 1963. It was created by people who played Winner, and the player number was enlarged then. Rules of the game is mainly formed when the rules of Union and Head Rival was created. Objective Gou Ji is played among six people with four pack of Poker cards. The objective of the game is to be the player to have no cards left earlier, and make union which the player belong to get more scores. Rules of the Game够级 Positioning In this picture, player 1, 3, 5 are in one Union, and the same for 2, 4 and 6. Player 1 and 4 are Head to head rivals, and the same for player 2, 5 and player 3, 6. Cards Individual cards are ranked. Colored Joker > Black & White Joker > 2 > Ace (A) > King (K) > Queen (Q) > Jack (J) > 10 > 9 > 8 > 7 > 6 > 5 > 4 > 3. Suits are irrelevant. Players can play the game with all the suits erased from the cards. Money Card "2" is called "money" when handing with other cards (except both Jokers). The 2 becomes the same ranking with the card(s) which is(are) handed. For example, 2-2-4-4-4 is equivalence to 4-4-4-4-4. But using 2 in Gou Ji cards make the Gou Ji cards "not pure". Joker Both Jokers can be used the same as money, but more useful than it. If a number of black jokers is handed with other cards, only the same or bigger number of colored jokers can be handed out after it, and the total number of cards should be the same of previous handing. If a number of colored jokers is handed with other cards, handing after it is impossible in some rules. In other rules, two colored jokers can be a joker that is bigger than colored joker, and it can defeat such handing. Handing the Cards Normal Handings Primarily, the player can hand any number of cards with the same ranking, for example, 7, 3-3-3, 4-4-4-4, K-K-K-K-K-K. Every player will then have a chance to hand, for example, if player 1 hands his or her card as in the picture above, player 2-3-4-5-6 will then