First described by Lucas in 1721, Brag is principally from the central part of the tripartite sport of Post and Pair, or Belle Flux et Trente-un. For much of the 18th century it was in style with the same kind of society that played Whist, especially with its distaff aspect, which accounts for the truth that Hoyle himself went so far as to write a Treatise on it published in 1751. Brag – which means ‘vie’ or ‘bluff’ according to context – is a three-card vying game. The model described by Lucas which has fashioned the basis of most printed descriptions till the final quarter of the 20th century, is actually of a three-stak mannequin, nevertheless it had shed its two outer parts by the time of Hoyle’s effusion. The latter describes a game performed by 5 with a short pack of 22 playing cards, or by six with considered one of 26, 4 of which – the black Jacks and the purple Nines – were known as ‘braggers’ and will characterize anything, together with themselves. The first round of betting was adopted by a ‘draw’ to offer each participant a likelihood to improve a pair to a pair-royal or a lone card to a pair or pair-royal by discarding and ‘taking in’ recent replacements from inve