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A two-spot card (i.e. a two of any suit). Also called a duck, quack, or swan. Any of various related uses of the number two, such as a $2 limit game, a $2 chip, etc. deuce-to-seven A method of evaluating low hands. See main article: deuce-to-seven low. dirty stack A stack of chips apparently of a single denomination, but with one or more chips ...
A suit with less than four cards, [100] two cards or fewer than the average cards for the suit. [102] short pack, shortened pack A set of cards that has been reduced in size from a full pack (normally of 52 cards) by the removal of a certain card or cards. [103] shuffle Rearrange (a deck of cards) by sliding the cards over each other quickly.(verb)
The following is a list of nicknames used for individual playing cards of the French-suited standard 52-card pack.Sometimes games require the revealing or announcement of cards, at which point appropriate nicknames may be used if allowed under the rules or local game culture.
A holding of exactly two cards in a suit. Down. A contract that is defeated is said to be down. (Followed by a number) The number of tricks by which a contract fails: for example, "Down two." Down the line To bid the higher of two adjacent suits before the lower. For example, of two five-card majors, the spade suit is normally bid before the ...
The un-dealt cards are placed in a face down stack in the middle, which is known as the stock. In most variations, a single card is turned face up next to the stock where players discard or shed cards, and this is known as the discard pile. In 10 Cards Rummy, which is often played with two, three or four players, each player gets ten cards.
The full Spanish-suited pack contains 48 cards, organized into the 4 Spanish suits coins, cups, swords and clubs and 12 ranks. These decks usually include two jokers. The court cards are usually numbered. The role of the queen is played by the caballo (cavalier), visually distinct from the sota (jack) by riding a horse. The common ranking from ...
In unison, each player reveals the top card of their deck—this is a "battle"—and the player with the higher card takes both of the cards played and moves them to their stack. Aces are high, and suits are ignored. [1] If the two cards played are of equal value, then there is a "war".
A talon of playing cards (face down) In card games , a talon ( [taˈlɔ̃] ; French for "heel") is a stack of undealt cards that is placed on the table to be used during the game. Depending on the game or region, they may also be referred to as the blind , kitty , skat , stock , tapp or widow (US).