Medium Standard
Tiến Lên
Vietnam's Big Two — shed your cards before anyone else.
Tiến Lên ("moving up" in Vietnamese) is Vietnam's most popular card game and one of the most-played games across Southeast Asia. Like Big Two, players race to shed cards; the unique twist is that 2s are the highest single card and powerful "bombs" can beat any combination.
🎯 Objective
Be the first player to shed all cards from your hand.
🃏 Setup
- Use a standard 52-card deck. Deal all 13 cards to each of 4 players.
- Card rank (low → high): 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K A 2.
- Suit rank (low → high): ♠ ♣ ♦ ♥.
- The player with 3♠ leads first (and must include it in their opening play).
▶ How to Play
- Lead with any legal combination: single, pair, triple, or 5-card hand (sequence, flush, full house, four-of-a-kind, straight flush).
- Each subsequent player must beat the current play with a HIGHER combination of the SAME type.
- Passing is allowed; if all others pass the last player who played starts a new free lead.
- BOMBS: A four-of-a-kind or a double pair run (3 consecutive pairs) beats ANY combination — even a 2.
- A single 2 can only be beaten by a four-of-a-kind or double pair run bomb.
📊 Scoring
First player to go out wins. Penalty points: cards remaining = point penalty. Sweep penalty (holding all 13 cards when another player goes out) = doubled penalty.