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Ante
A small, forced bet all players are required to make before a hand begins.
Trick
A set of cards played by each player during a single round of a trick-taking game.
Flush
A hand where all the cards are of the same suit
Fold
To withdraw from a hand, usually because a player believes they cannot win.
Showdown
The point in a poker game when all remaining players reveal their hands to find out who wins.
Bidding
The process by which players take turns to declare how many points or tricks they anticipate to win.
Cut
To split the deck into two parts after shuffling, usually done by an opponent of the dealer.
Dealer
The player who shuffles and deals the cards, rotates among players in each round.
Discard
To remove a card from one's hand and place it in a discard pile.
Draw
To take a card from the draw pile into one's hand.
Meld
A combination or set of cards that a player can show to score points according to the game rules.
Stock
The pile of undealt cards that players can draw from during the game.
Suit
One of the categories into which the cards of a deck are divided: clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades in a standard deck.
Trump
A suit or a particular card that is arbitrarily given a higher rank in a particular game.
Wild Card
A card that can be used to represent any other card a player chooses, often leading to stronger hands.
Blind
A forced bet, usually put in by one or two players to the left of the dealer, before any cards are dealt.
Burn Card
A card removed from the top of the deck and placed in the discard pile, unseen by the players.
Cribbage Board
A scoring device used in the game of Cribbage that keeps track of points with pegs in holes.
Foundation
The starting pile in solitaire games where cards are played in ascending or descending order.
Hand
The cards that have been dealt to a player, which they use to play the game.
Kicker
A card that does not directly take part in determining the rank of a hand but may be used as a tiebreaker.
Straight
A sequence of consecutive cards, regardless of suit.
Tableau
The layout of cards on the table in card games, often in a particular pattern or sequence.
Upcard
A card that is dealt face up on the table for all players to see.
Full House
A hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair.
Nut Hand
The best possible hand in a given situation in a poker game.
Pinochle
A trick-taking game typically for two to four players and played with a 48-card deck.
Round
A unit of play consisting of each player playing a card in turn, often in trick-taking games.
Ace-High
A non-pair hand ranking in which the highest card is an Ace, with no straights or flushes.
Bust
When a player exceeds the targeted score or value in a game, causing them to lose the round.
Call
To match the current highest bet in a betting round without raising.
Double Down
To double the original bet in exchange for committing to stand after receiving one more card.
Euchre
A trick-taking game with a dedicated deck, usually featuring four players playing in partnerships.
Hit
To request another card from the dealer, typically in Blackjack.
Muck
To fold or throw away a hand without showing it to the other players.
Overcall
To call after someone has already called following a bet or raise.
Pair
Two cards of the same rank.
Quads
Four cards of the same rank.
Raise
To increase the size of the current bet in a betting round.
Straight Flush
Five cards in numerical order, all of the same suit.
Texas Hold'em
A popular variant of poker where players make the best five-card hand from two hole cards and five community cards.
Whist
A classic English trick-taking game played by two pairs of players.
Bridge
A complex trick-taking game using a standard deck of cards and played by four players in two competing partnerships.
Canasta
A card game of the rummy family, played by forming combinations of cards into melds.
Four-Color Deck
A deck of cards where the suits are represented by four different colors, usually in online card games.
Hearts
A trick-taking game where the objective is to avoid taking certain cards that carry penalty points.
Omaha
A popular variant of poker similar to Texas Hold'em but with each player starting with four hole cards.
Poker Face
An expressionless face that does not reveal anything about the cards being held.
Royal Flush
The strongest possible straight flush, with the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten all of the same suit.
Stud Poker
A variant of poker with a mix of face-up and face-down cards dealt in multiple betting rounds.
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