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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.
plain card A card other than a court card. [85] plain suit Any suit that is not a trump suit. [84] play. To contribute a card to a trick. [82] To move a card to a place on the table (either from the players hand, or from elsewhere on the table), in Patience games. [82] The card played or the move made. [82]
A hand possible only in games with wild cards, or a game with more than one deck, defeating all other hands, comprising five cards of equal rank. fixed limit, flat limit See main article: fixed limits. flash Any card which becomes briefly exposed by accident to at least one player must be shown to all the players by the dealer during dealing.
Svengali deck – also called a long-and-short deck, a gaff deck of cards in which half of the cards are shorter than the other half. The shorter cards all have the same value (e.g., 8 of diamonds), while the long cards are all different. Svengali decks can be used for card forces, ambitious card routines, and a variety of other effects.
War: In some variations, beats all other cards. Pitch: A point card in some variations. Jokers usually are marked as "high" and "low", one outranking the other. DaifugÅ: a wild card, or a deuce (which ends the round and clears the discard pile). Crazy Eights: a "skip" card, playable on top of any other card, that forces the next player to lose ...
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Cards of the same suit, remaining in one hand, after all the other cards in that suit have been played from the other hands. Long hand In a partnership, the hand with the longer trumps. Long suit 1) In a hand, the suit with the greatest number of cards. Seldom used of a suit with fewer than five cards. 2) Any suit of unusual length.