Daifugō

Daifugō (大富豪, Grand Millionaire, Very Rich Man) or Daihinmin (大貧民, Grand Pauper), also known as Tycoon, is a Japanese shedding-type card game for three or more players played with a standard 52-card pack.

They are fairly basic and attempt to condense the game to its core elements.

There are five special titles for players during the game, along with popular North American and European equivalents:[1] Some notes: The daihinmin shuffles and deals the cards.

[1] Jokers, other wilds or extra 2s from another deck are used to ensure the cards can be dealt evenly.

The daifugō and fugō then hand back an equal number of any "junk" cards they do not want.

The player on the dealer's left begins by leading any number of cards of the same rank (1-4, 5 or more are possible with wilds).

The player on the left may then play an equal number of matching cards with a higher face value, or may pass.

Most American variants do not rearrange the seating of the players, so everyone plays in the same order each hand (though the daifugō still leads the first trick).

If a player is stuck with a low card, it will be very hard to get to play it and empty a hand.