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An arc of cards so fanned. A spread of face-up cards. [57] In Patience, a small number of cards laid in an overlapping row, so that only one is exposed. [58] fatten To discard counting cards to one's partner's tricks. [55] Also smear. fat trick A trick that is rich in counting cards. [38] favourite, favourite suit See preference suit. fiche
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.
The 13 cards held by one player on a deal. A deal or board. Ordinally, a player counting in rotation from dealer or first hand. For example, "Third hand bid 1 ♠." Hand pattern See distribution. Hand record A document that lists the cards in each hand of every board played in a duplicate bridge session.
The last card dealt to the board in community card games. Also see river. The fifth card dealt to each player in stud poker. fill, fill up To successfully draw to a hand that needs one card to complete it, by getting the last card of a straight, flush, or full house. final table The last table in a multi-table poker tournament.
Each board is usually marked with the following information: board number – (from '1' to as high as '36') identifies the deal and helps to order the play of multiple deals; compass directions – used to match the four hands to the four players at a table; dealer – designates which player is the "dealer"; this designates the player who is to make the first call of the auction ...
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.
A straight line of spaces running from one side to the other across a gameboard at right angle to a file. Also called row. [3] replacement capture See displacement capture. row See rank. rule A condition or stipulation by which a game is played. ruleset The comprehensive set of rules which define and govern a game.
Cards lifted after a riffle shuffle, forming what is called a bridge which puts the cards back into place After a riffle shuffle, the cards cascade. A common shuffling technique is called the riffle, or dovetail shuffle or leafing the cards, in which half of the deck is held in each hand with the thumbs inward, then cards are released by the thumbs so that they fall to the table interleaved.