Préférence
Highest ranking Hearts in a Preference pack | |
| Origin | Austria |
|---|---|
| Type | Plain-trick |
| Family | Rams family |
| Players | 3 |
| Cards | 32 |
| Deck | French or German (Salzburg) pack |
| Rank (high→low) | A K O U 10 9 8 7 |
| Play | Anti-Clockwise |
| Related games | |
| Preferans • Bolachen | |
Préférence, frequently spelt Preference, is a Central and Eastern European 10-card plain-trick game with bidding, played by three players with a 32-card Piquet deck, and probably originating in early 19th century Austria, becoming the second most popular game in Vienna by 1980. It also took off in Russia where it was played by the higher echelons of society, the regional variant known as Preferans being still very popular in that country, while other variants are played from Lithuania to Greece.