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A two-spot card (i.e. a two of any suit). Also called a duck, quack, or swan. Any of various related uses of the number two, such as a $2 limit game, a $2 chip, etc. deuce-to-seven A method of evaluating low hands. See main article: deuce-to-seven low. dirty stack A stack of chips apparently of a single denomination, but with one or more chips ...
A suit with less than four cards, [100] two cards or fewer than the average cards for the suit. [102] short pack, shortened pack A set of cards that has been reduced in size from a full pack (normally of 52 cards) by the removal of a certain card or cards. [103] shuffle Rearrange (a deck of cards) by sliding the cards over each other quickly.(verb)
DUPLEX (Any two cards can be used. Basically two sets of trips. Instead of a 5-card hand called "Full House" you have a 6-card hand which makes a "bigger full house" or Duplex) KKKAA: The Nativity (the famous Biblical story in which the Three Wise Men visit Joseph & Mary to witness Jesus Christ's birth) KKKQQ: Buckingham Palace: KKK
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.
A holding of exactly two cards in a suit. Down. A contract that is defeated is said to be down. (Followed by a number) The number of tricks by which a contract fails: for example, "Down two." Down the line To bid the higher of two adjacent suits before the lower. For example, of two five-card majors, the spade suit is normally bid before the ...
A talon of playing cards (face down) In card games , a talon ( [taˈlɔ̃] ; French for "heel") is a stack of undealt cards that is placed on the table to be used during the game. Depending on the game or region, they may also be referred to as the blind , kitty , skat , stock , tapp or widow (US).
The un-dealt cards are placed in a face down stack in the middle, which is known as the stock. In most variations, a single card is turned face up next to the stock where players discard or shed cards, and this is known as the discard pile. In 10 Cards Rummy, which is often played with two, three or four players, each player gets ten cards.
When the dealer shows an ace and the player has a blackjack, the player can opt for even money and get paid immediately at 1:1. This is a version of insurance rather than a different bet. If the dealer has blackjack, the hand is a push, but the player receives twice the value of the insurance, which is the same as the original bet.