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Cuccù or Cucù ("Cuckoo") is an Italian card game, over 300 years old, that is playable by two to twenty players and which uses a special pack of 40 cards.It is a comparing game in which there is only one winner, and is unusual in that each player only receives one card.
Also face card, picture card or royal card. Originally coat card. cover. To play a higher card of the same suit than any previously played to the trick. [29] See also overtake. To play a higher card than the highest so far played to the trick. [40] See also go over, head the trick and play over. cross-ruff Two partners alternately trumping a ...
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. King (K): Cowboy, [1] Monarch [1] King of Clubs (K ♣): Alexander [2]
Gnav is a traditional Danish and Norwegian social game that has been played with either special cards or wooden pieces with similar motifs. Gnav packs appeared after 1820 and the game was popular until c. 1920. [1] The game can be played by 20 or more players, and a minimum of two. Today, only the playing card version is available in Norway. [2]
Usually used in games like jackpots, meaning to enter without openers. back into To win a pot with a hand that would have folded to any bet. backraise A reraise from a player who previously called in the same betting round. bad beat To lose a hand where one hand is considerably ahead of the eventual winning hand. See main article: bad beat. balance
Cucu may refer to: . Cucu, a village in Odoreu Commune, Satu Mare County, Romania; Cucù, an Italian card game played with special cards; Mount Cucu [], a peak in the Harghita range of mountains in Romania, located on the border between Harghita County and Covasna County
The game uses a regular 52-card pack, or a smaller 32-card deck (with 2s through 6s absent) if fewer than seven are playing. Suits are not relevant; only the card ranks are important. Regardless of whether the 32 or 52 cards is used, the lowest card is always the Ace and the highest the King .
The following sets of playing cards can be referred to by the corresponding names in card games that include sets of three or more cards, particularly 3 and 5 card draw, Texas Hold 'em and Omaha Hold 'em. The nicknames would often be used by players when revealing their hands, or by spectators and commentators watching the game.