Guide Tonk Card Game Rules. Rank of cards k (high), q, j, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, a. Only the player on the dealer's left, whose turn comes first, may take the first upcard.
Rank of cards k (high), q, j, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, a. Croaker the annalist admits to playing more than ten thousand hands of the game during the books of the north.banter between players was typical, and small stakes were common. This is called a tonk or tonking out.
Before discarding, the player may tunk (knock) if their unmatched cards count five or less.
All picture cards are worth 10 points, but aces are worth only 1 point. Players try to form sets of either 3 or 4 of a kind or form sequences of 3 or more cards of the same suit. Ideally, the game should end with one player playing all their cards and going out; A 2 is worth 2 points, a 3 is worth 3 points, and so on.
