The game is divided into multiple rounds, with a total score tally kept between rounds. Yaniv is played with a 54-card deck composed of standard playing cards. The game is considered a backpackers game in Israel, and it's popular among soldiers and young adults returning from long backpacking trips. It is a draw and discard game in which players discard before drawing a new card and attempt to have the lowest value of cards in hand.

Yaniv ( Hebrew: יניב), also known as Jhyap, Jafar, aa’niv, Minca or Dave, is a card game popular in Israel. JSTOR ( November 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.