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In playing cards, a suit is one of the categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several pips (symbols) showing to which suit it belongs; the suit may alternatively or additionally be indicated by the color printed on the card. The rank for each card is determined by the number of pips on it ...
Playing cards deck. [edit] Unicode has code points for the 52 cards of the standard French deck plus the Knight(Ace, 2-10, Jack, Knight, Queen, and King for each suit), two for black and white (or red) jokers and a back of a card, in block Playing Cards(U+1F0A0–1F0FF). Also, a specific red joker and twenty-two generic trump cards are added.
Its original French name is Trèfle which means "clover" and the card symbol depicts a three-leafed clover leaf.The Italian name is Fiori ("flower"). However, the English name "Clubs" is a translation of basto, the Spanish name for the suit of batons suggesting that Spanish-suited cards were used in England before French suits were invented.
The following is a list of nicknames for pairs of two playing cards, usually hole cards, used in poker derivatives such as Texas hold 'em and Omaha hold 'em poker. These nicknames are usually used by the player when announcing their hand or by spectators or commentators who are watching the game.
This list of playing card nicknames shows the nicknames of playing cards in a standard 52-card pack.Some are generic while some are specific to certain card games; others are specific to patterns, such as the courts of French playing cards for example, which often bear traditional names.
act. To make a play (check, bet, call, raise, or fold) at the required time, compare to in turn. acting out of turn. A player in poker that either announces their actions or physically plays before their turn (checks, folds etc.). Sometimes players act out of turn intentionally to get a read out of other players.
High card by suit and low card by suit refer to assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit. When suit ranking is applied, the most common conventions from lowest to highest are: ♣♦♥♠ English alphabetical order. clubs, followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge.
A standard 52-card French-suited deck comprises 13 ranks in each of the four suits: clubs ( ♣ ), diamonds ( ♦ ), hearts ( ♥) and spades ( ♠ ). Each suit includes three court cards (face cards), King, Queen and Jack, with reversible (i.e. double headed) images. Each suit also includes ten numeral cards or pip cards, from one (Ace) to ten.