

A card that is unguarded by other, usually lower cards in the same suit: "I held the blank king of spades.".In card-point games, a card that is worth no points.The player who makes the highest bid and plays out his announced contract.An offer to win a minimum or specified number of tricks or points or the privilege of naming the trump suit or the game.īettel or bettler Bid or contract to win no tricks. Double bête: a double penalty, usually for failing to make a contract after choosing to play out the cards.Likewise in Mauscheln, if the declarer, or Mauschler, fails to win a trick, he is the Mauschlerbete. A player who fails to takes a single trick in Mistigri.for failing to take the minimum number of tricks, or for a stake or money which a player has lost. A penalty payment in certain games for e.g.Any wager on the outcome of a deal or game any chips put in a pot to put chips in a pot.best card Highest card of a suit not yet played. Bells One of the four suits in a German pack of cards. Symbol: or beater Term used in games of the Karnöffel family for quasi-trump cards able to beat those of lower rank or with no powers at all.

Batons One of the four suits in a Latin-suited pack of cards. base value A constant factor in working out the value of a game e.g. banking game A less-skilled card game of the gambling type in which one or more punters play against a banker, who controls the game. banker Also called the house or the bank, the person responsible for distributing chips, keeping track of the buy-ins, and paying winners at the end of a banking game. Suit of Bells balanced hand A hand of cards with no void suit, singleton or very long suit. The player with the highest bid wins the auction and plays his chosen game or exercises his privilege. The phase in some card games where players may bid to lead the game, or bid on a certain hand or privilege in that hand such as naming the trump suit. Q K A 2 3 4 auction The period of bidding. Īround the corner Phrase that describes sequences or runs that are built either side of the Ace e.g.

A player who receives cards in the current deal (i.e.Suit of Acorns Acorns One of the four suits in a German-suited pack of cards.
