Baka

Baka is a fast-moving, Polish card game for four players played using traditional French-suited playing cards . It uses a shortened pack of just 16 cards and is similar to kop which is also played in Poland . The name "Baka" is the diminutive form of Barbara and is also the name for a hand of four Queens, which is the highest bid in the game . In 1967 it was described as one of the main pastimes played on fishing boats along with Bridge, Skat, Pontoon and Poker . In 2017, it was reported that Franciszek Derra, the first Polish Baka champion had died . Today it is mainly played in Kashubia west of Gdansk in Poland .