An Overview of Cuban Dominoes

A graduate of World Hope Academy in Louisville, Kentucky, Ritzy Robert Montaner has worked as a server and manager with Havana Rumba and as a mortgage loan processor with TBF Company. Outside her current position as owner of Cary Food Products LLC, Ritzy Robert Montaner enjoys swimming, bowling, and playing Cuban dominoes.

The national game of Cuba, dominoes is often played in parks and public areas as a community-wide social event. Like traditional dominoes, the Cuban version involves players trying to match the dots on one end of a tile in their hand to an open end of any tile on the board. Unlike other versions of the game, Cuban dominoes does not have a “spinner,” or the double domino that starts the game.

During each turn, a player places a tile on one of the two open ends where a play is possible. If a player does not have a playable tile in hand, they pass to the player on the right. Play ends when a player runs out of dominoes, making them the winner. When neither player can play, they count their remaining dominoes and the player with the lowest number of points wins.