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SEOTDA ( 섯다)
Seotda or Sutda and sometimes even Sotta, is a Korean game, that is featured in the popular Tazza
Movies.
For a Rule Card/ Hands reference scroll to the bottom!
So the two games I’ve shared with you so far have been traditional matching games. So I wanted to
share with you a Poker like game that came from Korea. This game was featured in the Tazza movies, and
is very popular (there are a ton of App games for it). But despite their popularity, there is little to no
reference in English for this game online. I found one site Harry’s Hwatu, who admirably attempted to
translate it, but it still didn’t seem right. So I combined his attempt, a google translation of the rules for a
few apps, and my own playing of multiple Korean apps (with no English options!) to present you with what
is hopefully… Seotda.

With that in mind, some names of hands might be wrong/ mistranslated/ not used properly. Also, I might
have missed some rule nuances. But what I have is an enjoyable Korean variant of essentially, Stud (Seotda…
Sutda… Stud? Maybe a connection?).

Seotda ( 섯다) Literally means ” It Is” and is essentially 2 card stud, or as my Partner’s family likes to call it ”
You get what you get”.
This is a betting game, and while it uses the Hanafuda/ Hwatu deck, it’s assembled differently, only using
20 cards. I’ll go into this later.

I find it extremely interesting that many Hwatu decks I own have numbers on them (1’s on January cards,
2’s on February etc.) So far only Seotda has used these numerical values for their scoring, which has lead me
to believe that it must have been popular enough of a game to effect future printing of Hwatu. But for being so
popular, it is extremely hard to find any english information on this game. So if I have any Korean readers who
would like to weigh in on this, it’d be greatly appreciated. It seems like a well kept, enjoyable secret. Or maybe
it’s because it’s so similar to 2 card stud?

Before play, it’s important to agree on a starting bet rate, like with poker.

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 How to Play
Origin: Korea
Players:2-10
Game Style: Poker
Length of Play: unlimited
Number of Decks: One edited deck.
Goal: Have the highest scoring hand

Setting up the Deck:

In Seotda, the deck consists of 20 cards. This deck is made by:
Discarding November and December, and only using the Animal cards, and ribbon cards of January through
October. However January and March have no animals, so the deck used their brights, and August has no
Ribbon, so the deck also uses it’s Bright.

Play for 2 card Seotda

1. Deal: The dealer deals 2 cards to each player.
2. Betting: Players bet using the following betting rules:
Call (콜): Matching Current Bet
Pping (삥): Minimum Bet
Ttadang (따당): Bet Double the Previous Bet
Kwoteo (쿼터): Bet Quarter of Pot (if higher than the previous bet)
Hapeu (하프): Bet Half of Pot (if higher than the previous bet)
Pul (풀): Bet equal to the entire pot (if higher than the previous bet)

Chekeu (Check 체크) : Defer your bet till after all bets, then place a bet.
Dai (Die 다이): Fold/ Forfeit round and previous bets

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 3. Reveal:Players reveal their hands, and the highest hand wins the pot.

Play for 3-Card Seotda

1. Deal: The dealer deals 2 cards to each player.
2. Reveal One: Players choose one card to reveal.
3. Bet: Players Bet using the following rules
Call (콜): Matching Current Bet
Pping (삥): Minimum Bet
Ttadang (따당): Bet Double the Previous Bet
Kwoteo (쿼터): Bet Quarter of Pot (if higher than the previous bet)
Hapeu (하프): Bet Half of Pot (if higher than the previous bet)
Pul (풀): Bet equal to the entire pot (if higher than the previous bet)
Chekeu (Check 체크) : Defer your bet till after all bets, then place a bet.
Dai (Die 다이): Fold/ Forfeit round and previous bets

3.Second Deal:The dealer deals an additional card to each player

4. Second round of betting: Players bet again using the same betting rules.
5. Reveal: Players choose 2 cards to form their hands, and the winner with the highest hand wins the pot.

Hands
38 (Triple Ring 삼팔광땡): Brights of March (3) and August (8). Highest score in game.
Gwanttaeng (광땡): January’s Bright with either February or August Bright
Ding (Ttaeng땡): Pair. Any 2 cards from the same month. Higher Value Month= Higher Hand (October being
Highest Ding)
Ali (알리): Any combo of a January (1) and a February (2) card.
Dogsa (Venemous Snake 독사): Any combo of a January (1) and an April (4) card.
GuPing (Shogun 구삥): Any combo of a January (1) and a September (9) card.
JangPing (장삥): Any combo of a January (1) and an October (10) card.
JangSa (Sale 장사): Any combo of an April (4) an October (10) card.
SelYug (Seduction 세륙): Any combo of an April (4) and a June (6) card.
Gab-O (갑오): Any combination of cards whose combined value end in 9 (3+6, 10+9)
Kkeus (Clean 끗): When your hand belongs to no hand: Add the two values together, the last digit is your
hands value (example: 2+3=5 10+1=11=1) Higher value wins over other Kkeus, but not over previous hands.
MangTong (망통): Feb (2) and August (8) or March (3) and July (7). Combo equals 10 but excludes June (6)
and April (4) (SelYug)

Special Hands
Gusa ( 구사): Any combination of April (4) and September (9). This hand allows the player to Declare a
rematch if the Highest hand played is less than or equal to Ali
MeongGusa (Barking멍텅구리 구사): September’s Sake Cup and April’s Cuckoo. Allows Player to Declare
rematch if 38 was not played this round. 
Haengjab (땡잡이): February’s curtain and July’s Boar. This combo can beat all Ding of 9 or less.

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