card game

card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game

a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3 cards that total closest to nine

a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards

a gambling game using cards; the object is to hold cards having a higher count than those dealt to the banker up to but not exceeding 21

any of various card games based on whist for four players

a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand

a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two

a card game for 2 players; played with 32 cards and king high

a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand

a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards

a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box

a card game for two players who try to assemble books of cards by asking the opponent for particular cards

a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time

a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card

a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

a card game using a pack of cards from which one queen has been removed; players match cards and the player holding the unmatched queen at the end of the game is the loser (or `old maid')

a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist

a card game for two players using a reduced pack of 32 cards

(Yiddish) a card game for two players one of whom is usually a child; the deck is place face down with one card face upward; players draw from the deck alternately hoping to build up or down from the open card; the player with the fewest cards when the deck is exhausted is the winner

any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

a card game in which two rows of cards are dealt and players can bet on the color of the cards or on which row will have a count nearer some number

a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards

a card game played by one person

a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six

the earliest form of bridge; the dealer could name the trump suit

a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game; now generally superseded by contract bridge

a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid

a form of solitaire that involves gambling

a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time

a form of whist with three players; four hands are dealt with the hand opposite the dealer being face up

a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

solitaire with two players using separate packs

a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points

a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank

poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer

poker in which the high and low hands split the pot

poker played for small stakes

poker in which each player gets 5 cards face down and bets are made without drawing any further cards

poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing

poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt

a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps

an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

a form of all fours in which a total of seven points is game

a form of casino in which face cards have extra point values

a form of casino in which spades have the value of one point