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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.
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
Only two cards of the same suit in the hand. [41] downcard A card lying face down. [50] draw To take a card from the stock . [39] Also 'buy' e.g. in Rummy. [51] draw lots To select e.g. the first dealer by letting players choose a card at random from the fanned pack or by cutting the pack draw pile
split two pair In community card poker, a two pair hand, with each pair made of one of a player's hole cards, and one community card. spread The range between a table's minimum and maximum bets spread-limit A form of limit poker where the bets and raises can be between a minimum and maximum value. The spread may change between rounds. squeeze play
The cards are not laid in the centre of the table as, at the end of the "play", each player needs to pick up the cards they have laid. Players score points during the play as follows: 15 – For causing the count to reach exactly 15 a player scores two points, then play continues. Pair – Completing a pair (two of a kind) scores two points.
pair. Two cards of the same rank. [9] To combine two cards, either of the same rank or which total a given value e.g. 13, in order to discard or move them. pass A succession of deals that runs through the entire stock once. Some games allow several passes through the stock; others restrict it to one pass.
Players may cut for deal, the one cutting the highest card dealing first. Aces are high. The cards are dealt equally all round and face down. The player to the left of the dealer begins by throwing down a pair of cards held in her hand e.g. two kings or two threes. The discards are placed face up in the middle of the table. If she is unable to ...
Once both players have done this, they look for two or more cards having the same number. When a player finds one, he places another card on top of the cards with that number until all of the cards with the common number are covered. In other words, if there are three fours out then all three cards can get a new card on top of it.