پاسور · Visual Walkthrough

Learn Pâsur in 8 lessons

Pâsur is the classic Persian fishing card game — fast, tactical, playable in 15 minutes. This page walks you through every rule with the same card visuals you'll see when you play. Once you've read it, you'll know enough to start a real game. For the dense reference version, see the full rules.

01

The setup

Each player gets 4 cards face-down. Another 4 cards go face-up to the middle — that's the pool. After both hands are played, four more cards are dealt to each player. Six deals make a round; the player who reaches 62 points first wins the match.

Opponent
Pool
7 of Diamonds
King of Spades
3 of Hearts
9 of Clubs
You
02

Capture by summing to 11

On your turn you play one card. If your number card plus one or more pool cards add up to exactly 11, you capture all of them. Aces count as 1.

Pool
4 of Clubs
play this
You play
7 of Hearts
you take
To your pile
7 of Hearts
4 of Clubs
7 + 4 = 11
03

Multi-card captures

You can sweep several pool cards at once as long as they sum to 11 with the card you played. Sometimes multiple combinations are possible — pick the best one (more clubs, higher- value cards).

Pool
Ace of Spades
3 of Diamonds
play this
You play
7 of Clubs
you take
To your pile
7 of Clubs
3 of Diamonds
Ace of Spades
7 + 3 + 1 = 11
04

Kings and Queens match by rank

Face cards don't play the 11-game. A King can only capture another King; a Queen can only capture a Queen. One match per play.

Pool
King of Clubs
Queen of Diamonds
play this
You play
King of Hearts
you take
To your pile
King of Hearts
King of Clubs
King matches King — the Queen stays on the table.
05

Jacks are wild — they sweep everything

A Jack captures every non-King, non-Queen card on the table at once. Time them well: a Jack on a crowded pool is a huge swing.

Pool
2 of Clubs
8 of Hearts
King of Spades
5 of Diamonds
Queen of Clubs
play this
You play
Jack of Diamonds
you take
To your pile
Jack of Diamonds
2 of Clubs
8 of Hearts
5 of Diamonds
The King of Spades and Queen of Clubs stay on the table.
A Jack sweep does not count as a Sur (see step 7) — even if it leaves the pool empty.
06

If you can capture, you must

You choose which card to play from your hand — but if the card you play can capture something, you have to take the capture. You can't trail a capturing card to deny your opponent.

Pool
4 of Spades
you play
Your hand
7 of Hearts
King of Clubs
9 of Diamonds
The 7 of Hearts must capture the 4 of Spades — choosing to trail it isn't allowed.
07

Sur (سور): clear the pool for a bonus

Cleaning the table in a single non-Jack capture is a Sur (the Persian word for sweep). It's worth 5 extra points on top of the cards you took.

Pool
4 of Clubs
play this
You play
7 of Hearts
pool empty!
To your pile
7 of Hearts
4 of Clubs
+ 5 bonus points
If your opponent later scores a sur of their own, it cancels one of yours rather than adding to their pile — only one side ever carries net surs into scoring.
08

Scoring: race to 62

After every round you count up your captured pile. Match the special cards below and add any surs. First player to 62 points across rounds wins the match.

SourcePoints
Most Clubs (≥7)7
10 of Diamonds3
2 of Clubs2
Each Ace1
Each Jack1
Each net Sur5
First to62
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