However, in some card table playing for fun, a stake is set and placed in the middle and the player who got the largest point will win the whole stake. If you play like this, you are not competing with the dealer, so there is no dealer. This playing style gradually expanded and is now known as the Shan Koe Mee “Middle Stake” game.

How game works?

At the beginning of the game, the dealer inserts a certain amount of the playing stake into the “Bank”. The dealer can’t withdraw and add any stake to the bank and all winnings collected and payoffs will be made by the bank. However, in some cases, if the dealer loses all the money in the bank in one turn, he can continue to be a dealer by adding a double amount in the bank. This method is only found in card playing tables. If the amount deposited in his bank is 1,000 kyats, players will have to deposit at least 10% of the bank amount, so they have to deposit a minimum of 100. If there is no more money in the bank, the dealer has to be replaced by another person, and if the money in the bank is tripled, the dealer has the right to call “Warning” 3 times. Therefore, if he called out Warning, the dealer will be changing after 3 rounds. Even though we are calling like the first Warning, the second Warning, and the final Warning, but the terminology varies from region to region. After the last Warning, whatever the amount rests in the bank, the dealer can get everything.

Shan Koe Mee’s Rules

Each player is dealt two cards, and if they want to draw more, they can draw only one more card. The way to calculate a card is to add up the card values ​​and look at the back points/back digits. Here are the values ​​of non-numbered cards   A = 1, K = 10, Q = 10, J = 10. (The Joker is not included in the Shan Koe Mee)

So, for example, if you get a total of 17 points, you will get 7 points, if you get a total of 24 points, you will get 4 points, and if you get 32, ​​you will get 2, the points will be calculated like that way. If the points of the players are the same, it will need to look who has two cards or three cards to decide the win or lose. For example, even if the 7 points are the same, the person who gets 7 points in 2 cards wins over the person who gets 7 points in 3 cards.

Even also if the number of cards is the same, then it will need to determine the value of the card.

A is the largest, and A, K, Q, J, 10, 9… 2, so let’s look at the value of the card again. For example, the player who has 4 + 3 = 7 can not win the player who has 6 + A = 7. And again, if the points and the values of the card are the same, it will need to look at the suits of the cards.

There are four suits in cards: Spade, Heart, Diamond (Corner), and Club and they have the descending order. So, Spade is the largest and the Club is the smallest of these four suits. And the main feeling of playing cards in Shan Koe Mee is that you can get multiples if you got the same suits. If two cards have the same suits (for example, Diamond + Diamond), it will get 2 times the bet. Three identical suits (e.g. Diamond + Diamond + Diamond) will get 3 times the bet.

Starting from the side of the dealer, turn right / left (this is determined by the players’ understanding) and it is up to each player to decide whether or not to draw. The dealer then selects the player he wants to capture (Catch) and he can do winning and losing payoff immediately after comparing his cards to the player’s card first, or after drawing a new card.

In this game, if you get 8 or 9 with 2 cards, you can set it to “do” and turn up them saying “do” before the match. However, just as 9 “D” win over 8 “Do”. If the “Do” is the same, the winner or loser is determined by the value, points, and suits of the card, as explained above.

Spade A + Spade 8 is the greatest pair of both points and suits in Shan Koe Mee. If you get that pairs, you will be the king for that table!