that players will each call out the name of the card general, majors, elephant, cart, cannon, horse, and soldier and the card will be deal until the called get the card that they called and become the House. The following house will be establishing the person on the right of the previous House. The House allows dealing the card and goes first. The deck of card is deal out until the end. The house will lay down the cards first and called out for how many card going he be play single card, two cards, or three cards. The following person will lay down the number of card the same as the number being called out face down. When all the players placed down their cards, starting with the house each player will flip their cards up and the one with the highest hand will become the House and the process starts again until end. An exception is that every player allows accept defeated and hides their hand to keep their cards secret. All played cards get collected and discarded as trash. Special cases If a player has four or five soldiers of the same colour (four sons or five sons), they show their hand and win automatically, becoming the House. When the last ground is play, if the House calls a black soldier pair (the lowest hand possible) and if the hand is win then it become pair and more point will be added to the player. Also, when the last ground is play, if the House calls three black soldiers and if the hand is win then it become 3 of a kind and more point will be added to the player. In some area the player allow to exchange their cards in secret face-down to make better to both side of the players. This is called đi đêm ("night walker"). Tam Cuc in literature Tam Cuc is a common game among the people. It has become a trademark for New Years and other large festivals or celebrations so many famous Vietnamese poets and writers had talked about this game in their work. The famous poet Hoàng Cầm wrote in his poem “Cây Tam Cúc”: ...Tướng sĩ đỏ đen chui sấp ngửa Ổ rơm thơm đọng tuổi đương thì... ...Em đi đêm tướng điều sĩ đỏ Đổi xe hồng đưa Chị đến quê Em... ...Thả tịnh vàng cưới