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  2. Glossary of card game terms - Wikipedia

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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

  3. Card game - Wikipedia

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    Drinking card games are drinking games using cards, in which the object in playing the game is either to drink or to force others to drink. Many games are ordinary card games with the establishment of "drinking rules"; President, for instance, is virtually identical to Daihinmin but with additional rules governing drinking. Poker can also be ...

  4. Glossary of poker terms - Wikipedia

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    A card dealt face up (either to a player in a game such as stud or to the board in a community card game) that could create a strong hand for someone. scoop In high-low split games, to win both the high and the low halves of the pot. second barrel See barreling second pair In community card poker games, a pair of cards of the second-top rank on ...

  5. Playing card suit - Wikipedia

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    The earliest card games were trick-taking games and the invention of suits increased the level of strategy and depth in these games. A card of one suit cannot beat a card from another regardless of its rank. The concept of suits predates playing cards and can be found in Chinese dice and domino games such as Tien Gow.

  6. Glossary of contract bridge terms - Wikipedia

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    A help suit game try shows at least three cards, generally with at least two losers. In 1984, the Encyclopedia referred to the entry "weak suit game try" and gave three small cards for example. It also referred "game try" to the entry "trial bid" with example holdings xxx, Axx, KTxx, and Jxxx in the side suit; shortness is a good holding and so ...

  7. Glossary of patience terms - Wikipedia

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    The cards thus paired are thrown aside and, if the player is able, under the limitations of the particular game, to throw out all the cards in this way, the game is won. A third object is to throw out or dispose of any two cards which together form a particular number, say eleven or thirteen–the player's success, as before, depending on being ...

  8. Glossary of blackjack terms - Wikipedia

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    Cards are dealt one at a time from the shoe. 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 ...

  9. Collectible card game - Wikipedia

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    A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, [note 1] is a type of card game that mixes strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. [2] It was introduced with Magic: The Gathering in 1993.