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Hand of cards during a game. The following is a glossary of terms used in card games.Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon slang terms. Terms in this glossary should not be game-specific (e.g. specific to bridge, hearts, poker or rummy), but apply to a wide range of card games played with non-proprietary pac
Named after the card game in which AJ (Or an Ace with a picture card or 10) is the highest possible hand Foamy Cleanser: Ajax [8] Hijack [23] As in "High-Jack" Jackass [24] Imitative of "Jack-Ace" Trapasso [25] Likely to be named after the American Football player A.J. Trapasso: AT Bookends: 2 ends of the highest straight [26] Johnny Moss
ignorant end, idiot end In flop games, a player drawing to, or even flopping, a straight with undercards to the flop has the idiot end of it. A player with 8–9 betting on a flop of A-10-J puts themself at great risk, because many of the cards that complete their straight give credible opponents higher ones. implied pot odds, implied odds
shoe game A blackjack game dealt from a shoe. Shoe games typically use more than 2 decks. soft A soft hand is a hand that includes an ace valued as 11, as opposed to 1. split If a player is dealt two cards of the same rank, they can choose to play each of them separately, putting up a bet for each one. stand To stop asking for more cards. stiff
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slang term for the undergarment called an athletic supporter or jockstrap: joint piece of meat for carving * (slang) hand-rolled cigarette containing cannabis and tobacco connection between two objects or bones an establishment, especially a disreputable one ("a gin joint"; "let's case the joint") (slang, orig. US)
2. Alaska: 'Outside' In most states, if you say you're going "outside," it literally means just that — you're stepping outdoors. However, in Alaska, the term "outside" is slang for leaving the ...
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