is always 11. You may play to 6 or 21. Ties are possible if no one has the majority of spades, broken by another hand played for 6. Trailing-royals Cassino In the Trailing-royals Cassino variant, orphaned face cards are not considered a problem. Face cards may be naturally built or paired in any way, so a player may gather three of the same face card simultaneously. The remaining face card will be an orphan, because there is no card left with which to capture it. Such cards remain on the table until the end of the round, and are taken by whoever performed the final capture, as are all other cards left on the table. This method of play does not pair well with the preceding variant that rewards sweeps, because having orphaned cards on the table prevents sweeps. Portuguese Cassino The gameplay of Portuguese Cassino is the same as the Italian version, except for the following differences: The game is either 2 player or 4 players split in 2 teams The first player/ team to reach 31 points or more is declared the winner. Scoring: points allocation are as follows: Highest number of cards: 3 Highest number of spades: 1 10 of diamonds ("menina"): 2 2 of spades: 1 Each ace: 1 Each sweep (clareza) : 1 extra point If both players/teams finish the round with 26 cards each, the player/team with the most spades is awarded the points for most cards. Diamond Cassino Diamond Cassino is a variant of Cassino which is similar to standard Cassino, but it is not played with the picture cards. It is, therefore, played with a forty-card pack. Players are dealt three cards each, and four cards are dealt to the table; these are the cards which the players aim to capture. In this game, players get points if they capture all aces, and extra points if they capture the seven of diamonds. Diamond Cassino has been described as an Italo-American version of Scopone. Spade Cassino In Spade Cassino, players are awarded two points for gathering the jack of spades, and one point for each additional spade, in addition to the one point awarded to the player with the most spades. This lifts the number of points awarded in one round to 25. A game of Spade Cassino is usually played to 61. Draw Cassino In Draw Cassino, players draw a replacement card