Big 2 is truly a Chinese card game, it also called Dai Di, which I think that mean “Big two” in Chinese. From there, it tells us that 2 of spade (2 ) is the highest card in the game.

• This game mainly for 2, 3 or 4 players in which each receives 13 cards, the game is played with 52 card decks with Jokers removed.


• The player holding the lowest ranked card set starts by discarding a card set that is 3 , the lowest card.


• There is a possibility that you might deal the three of diamonds and opens the game. Three of diamonds opening strategy will help you controlling of your play throughout the hand. Use this to enhance your winning change when you are lucky enough to get it.


• Each player in turn can play a higher card set or passes.


• If all players pass, the remaining player can start a new round with any card set.


• Always remember in big 2, winning the hand is important for you to control the table because winning puts you in charges of how many cards or what card set you want to play next.


• When a player announced last card left, the pervious player so called the assistant must play his best possible card set.


• All opponents will automatically pass when 2 of spade is played alone.


• The first person to discard all his/her cards appears to be the winner.


• Go out with a bang. Ending your hand by playing more than one card in your final throw down will catch your opponents by surprise and allow you to catch them with most cards possible.
  

Let's say Player A begins by playing 3 by itself.

Player B can only follow with another single, say 9 .

Player C is now restricted to singles higher than 9 , that is, 9 and any 10, J, Q, K, A, or 2. If C holds no singles higher than 9 , (or, more likely, wishes to hold onto multiple higher cards for later rounds), she'll pass.

If D and A then pass, B wins the round and can open the next round with whatever he chooses.

Example of play:  3 player version

Some play with 17 cards dealt to each player and the last card is face up in the middle of the table. This card will add to the holder’s hand of the three of diamonds. If it turns out that the last face down card is the 3 then the holder of the 3 must take it. The rest of the play is as in the four-player version.

Some play that from the second deal onwards, immediately after the deal, the loser of the previous deal must give their highest card to the winner in exchange for an unwanted card from that player. This rule applies only to the three-player game.

Some other play with only 13 cards dealt to each player. In this case the holder of the lowest card opens the game. Anyone who passes must draw a card from the undealt cards and add it to their hand. When the stock is used up, play can continue without drawing, or in some groups they played cards that have been set aside are shuffled and used as a new stock for drawing. Some play that if you pass when a combination of cards was needed, you draw not one card but the number of cards you would have had to play.

Example of play:  2 player version
Generally speaking, it practice varies on the number of cards dealt. Some play that 17 cards are dealt to each player and the remaining 18 cards are set aside unused. Others play with 21 cards each and 10 cards unused, yet others with 13 cards each and 26 unused. The play is as in the four-player game; he holder of the lowest dealt card starts.

Some play that a player who passes must draw a card or cards, as same as the three-player version.