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==Piquet deck== A [[French playing cards|French-suited deck]] of 32 cards, consisting of 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace in four suits each, is used in the two-player game [[Piquet]], which dates back to the 16th century.<ref name="teachyourself">{{Citation |last=Parlett |first=David |title=Teach Yourself Card Games |edition=revised |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-07-148258-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/teachyourselfcar0000parl }}{{Page needed|date=February 2011}}</ref><ref name=parlett>{{Citation |last=Parlett |first=David |title=The Penguin Book of Card Games |edition=updated |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-14-103787-5 }}{{Page needed|date=February 2011}}</ref> Games played with a piquet deck (or the equivalent German- or Swiss-suited decks) are still among the most popular in some parts of Europe. This includes [[belote]] and [[klaverjas]] (the national games of France and the Netherlands, respectively) and [[skat (card game)|skat]] (the German national game, which is also played with the equivalent German-suited decks in some regions).<ref name=parlett /> [[Bezique]] is played with two piquet decks.<ref name=parlett />
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