Tongits is the most popular game that's enjoyable nationwide by millions of Filipinos, The player who gets rid of all the cards or has the least number of total points at the end of the game becomes winner. Card Suits Ranking : ♠ = ♥ = ♦ = ♣. Malfunction voids all wins and plays.

Basic Rules
1. Minimum of 2 players and up to 3 players may join the game and are seated immediately.
2. Players are to place 2 unit of bet to participate in the game.
3. The dealer will start with 13 cards while players will start with 12 cards.
4. There are 4 ways to win the game.

Ways to WIN/LOSE
1. TONGITS: If a player is able to form all of his cards into combinations or by Sapaw or by getting rid of all his cards, then he wins by Tongits.
2. FIGHT: To get a Fight, the player needs to put down a combination onto the table and in that round, no players can Sapaw into his hand. A player can accept or refuse Challenge. A player without any exposed melds is Burned.
3. DECK RUNS OUT: When the central stack runs out of cards, the game ends. A player with no exposed melds automatically loses. The player with the lowest points in total wins.
4. BURNED: A player is considered Burned if the player is unable to form a meld or set in the end.

Addtional Rules
RESOVLING TIES:
a. Comparing Lowest Points
i. Player calls “Fight”, if the other players accept the Fight, the one with lowest points will win.
ii. In special cases that players' points are equal:
iii. In Fight Challenge: the person who is challenger will lose.
iv. In Fight Challenge: in the case of ties between two challengers, the player to the right of the player calling Fight wins.
E.g: player A(18 pts) calls a Fight to B and C and they accept the Fight, player B(18pts) and C(20pts), player's A points = B's -> B wins.
E.g: player A(20 pts) calls a Fight to B and C and they accept the Fight, player B(18pts) and C(18pts), player's B points = C's -> B wins.
b. Deck runs out
i. if no players call Fight during the game and it's ended with no more cards to draw, lowest point wins.
ii. If there are more than 1 player(s) with the lowest point, the player that picks up the last card wins if he is involved in the tie.
iv. In the case of a tie between the other two players, both having a lower score than the player who took the last card, the winner is the player whose turn would have been next - the player to the right of the one who took the last card.
E.g. player A(18 pts), player B(18pts) and C(18pts), player A is the player that picks up the last card -> A wins.

Card Suits Ranking
♠ = ♥ = ♦ = ♣

Melds
Meld is a set of matching cards a player needs to collect in order to win the game. When a player collects a meld, he has the option to either lay it down, or keep it. But if in the end of game if a player not laying down a meld will be Burned and will not be able to challenge a draw.

Actions

Reserved amount
• For better player gaming experience, when a player placed main bet, reserved amount will be deducted from balance.
• The amount of reserve is 14X of main bet.