President Card Game

President is a classic four-player climbing card game known by many names around the world, including Daifugō (大富豪) in Japan, Scum, and Daihinmin. Every player gets 13 cards from a standard 52-card deck, and the goal is to get rid of your cards faster than everyone else — finish order decides your title, from President down to Scum.

President inverts the usual poker order at the top: the ranking runs 2 > A > K > Q > J > 10 ... > 3. Suits never matter, so the four 2s are the single most powerful cards in the game and are usually saved for seizing the lead at a key moment.

Passing means you sit out the rest of the current trick — even if another player later plays a combination you could have beaten, you cannot re-enter. The trick ends when everyone still holding cards has passed; the last player to have played then wins the trick and leads any new combination.

Not immediately. Finishing first only locks in your title for that hand. Play continues among the remaining players, skipping anyone who is already out, and standings are recorded in finish order: President, Vice President, Third, and finally Scum. The hand ends as soon as the third player finishes, and whoever still holds cards is ranked last — then the session moves on.

A full game is three hands. Each hand pays out points by finish order (1st = 4, 2nd = 3, 3rd = 2, 4th = 1). After hand 3 the session standings are ranked by most first-place finishes first, and ties are broken by total session points. So one big hand does not guarantee the session — consistent Presidents do.

Before hands 2 and 3, the previous hand's rankings force a trade on the freshly dealt cards: the Scum gives their 2 best cards to the President and receives any 2 back; the Third gives their best card to the Vice President and receives 1 back. Trades resolve strictly give-first, and "best" means highest rank — the 2 is the most valuable card you can be forced to give away.

Straights are not included — the classic combinations are singles, pairs, trips and four-of-a-kind. Revolution (the ranking reversal triggered by a four-of-a-kind) is available as an optional variant you can pick before starting; the default game is the classic version without it.

You (seat 1) lead the first trick with any valid combination of any size. After that, whoever wins a trick — by being the last player to play before everyone else passed — leads the next trick, again freely choosing the combination. If the trick winner has already run out of cards, the lead passes to the next player still in the game.

Yes, this President game is completely free to play in your browser — no download, no account and no real-money gambling. You play against three AI opponents, and it works on both desktop and mobile.