{"id":175,"date":"2021-01-11T02:38:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T02:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petermcunningham.com\/blog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2023-01-19T02:15:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T02:15:08","slug":"card-game-how-to-play-poop-on-the-pigs-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petermcunningham.com\/blog\/card-game-how-to-play-poop-on-the-pigs-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"CARD GAME: How to Play &#8220;Poop On the Pig&#8217;s Balls&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are hundreds, may even thousands, of card games in existence. Everyone has their favorite: poker, blackjack, solitaire, Egyptian rat screw; take your pick. My favorite card game is called &#8220;<strong>Poop On the Pig&#8217;s Balls,&#8221; <\/strong>and I invented it three hours ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how you play: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What You Need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One standard 52-card deck of playing cards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Number of Players<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2\u20134 (or more) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Play<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Players take turns in any order they choose. The first player shuffles the deck, then begins dealing cards, face up, in a line on the table in front of them. The cards can be organized in any way on the table (rows and columns of any length or height, a single straight line, etc.) according to their preference, <em>as long as each card clearly follows the last in the order dealt. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the player deals two cards in a row of the same suit or equivalent value, they must set those cards aside, and say &#8220;<strong>These are the pig&#8217;s balls<\/strong>.&#8221; The next card is dealt on top of the two &#8220;pig&#8217;s balls,&#8221; and the player must say, &#8220;<strong>This is the poop on the pig&#8217;s balls<\/strong>.&#8221; The player then must continue dealing to the main collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the player deals two cards in a row of the same suit or equivalent value, and <em>does not<\/em> say &#8220;These are the pig&#8217;s balls&#8221; before dealing the next card, they discard those cards, and forfeit the value of the last &#8220;poop on the pigs balls&#8221; card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the player has dealt the entire deck in this fashion, they tally the value of the &#8220;poop on the pig&#8217;s balls&#8221; cards. This is their score for the round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They then pass the deck on to the next player, who shuffles the deck and repeats the process. The round is complete when each player has had a turn. The player with the highest score wins the round. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Play any number of rounds; the player with the highest total score wins the game.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There you have it! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.petermcunningham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Playing-cards-185916-pixahive-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Playing cards\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.petermcunningham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Playing-cards-185916-pixahive-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.petermcunningham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Playing-cards-185916-pixahive-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.petermcunningham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Playing-cards-185916-pixahive-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.petermcunningham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Playing-cards-185916-pixahive-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.petermcunningham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Playing-cards-185916-pixahive-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are hundreds, may even thousands, of card games in existence. Everyone has their favorite: poker, blackjack, solitaire, Egyptian rat screw; take your pick. My favorite card game is called &#8220;Poop On the Pig&#8217;s Balls,&#8221; and I invented it three hours ago. Here&#8217;s how you play: What You Need One standard 52-card deck of playing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CARD GAME: How to Play &quot;Poop On the Pig&#039;s Balls&quot; | Peter M. 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