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How is Blot different from Belote?

Blot is the Armenian card game from the belote family. Belote rules differ from country to country, so this page describes only Armenian Blot as played in the Blot app — compare it with your rules point by point below.

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Chapters

Armenian Blot in short

  • A 32-card deck, four players: two pairs, partners sit opposite each other.
  • Bidding (bazar): a bid is a number in tens from 8 to 80 and a suit or no trump; you can outbid only with a higher number.
  • Contra — × 2, recontra — × 4; with no trump — × 3 and × 5.
  • Capot — all 8 tricks; a capot bid is worth 25.
  • The game is played to 151 or 301.

Complete Blot rules.

Combinations

  • Tierce — 20, fifty — 50, hundred — 100.
  • Carré: jacks 200, nines 140, aces 110, tens, kings and queens 100 each.
  • Blot — the king and queen of trumps: 20; “blot” and “reblot” are said when these cards are played.

Combinations in Blot.

Words

In Armenian the bidding is “բազար” (hence “Bazar Blot”), contra is “Քուանշ” and recontra is “Սուր”. See the Blot glossary.

For two

Two players play Blot 1 on 1 or Open Blot.

Are Blot and Belote the same game?

Blot is the Armenian game from the belote family, with its own rules and words. The rules of Armenian Blot are on this page and in the rules.

Where can I play Armenian Blot?

In the Blot app for Android — Google Play.

More about Blot

Why Blot

Rating is a competition, deals can be verified, ads only on a button.

Blot rules

Every chapter — from the bidding to the end of the game.

Blot glossary

Pass, contra, capot, tierce, blot — what the table words mean.

Blot online

Random players, tournaments, friends, training.