Hood is a term used in picketing. This means taking all twelve tricks without giving your opponent any. There are two hoods: declared and random. The former is worth twice as much as the latter.
Carte blanche - in picket means not having a single piece in his hands until discarded, which is of particular value, or when all the cards are counted, that is, when the player does not have a single card in his hands that has not been read by him .
Quarter - four suited cards in a row. There are five different quarts: quart major - ace, king, queen, jack; quarts from king - king, queen, jack, ten; quarts from ladies - lady, jack, ten, nine; quarts from jack-jack, ten, nine, eight; quarts from tens - ten, nine, eight, seven.
Quint is the same as five and fifteen. A quint is five cards of the same suit in a row. There are four fifths: quint-major - ace, king, queen, jack, ten; fifth from the king - king, queen, jack, ten, nine; fifth from a queen - queen, jack, ten, nine, eight; The fifth from jack is jack, ten, nine, eight and seven.
Trump- high suit in the deck. The suit in which the game is assigned is called trump; a game without meaning of suits is trumpless.
Trump - to play with a trump card.
Deck-set playing cards, which are divided into four suits: spades, clubs, diamonds, hearts. A large, or full, deck consists of 52 cards and contains: two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king and ace. The average deck consists of 36 cards, there are no twos, threes, fours or fives. The small deck consists of 32 cards and does not have twos, threes, fours, fives or sixes.
Con- the middle of the table where players place their bets.
Coking is a preference term. A fine corresponding to the number of tricks not taken by the player, which is recorded for him by the whistler and the dealer.
The King is the second highest card. The king covers all cards except the ace. In screw and whist it is considered an oner.
The king is part of the game of picket.
Crown is a group of cards in a row in any suit from Ace, at least three in number, i.e. Ace, King and Queen. Crowns can be made of five, six or more cards: ace, king, queen, jack, etc.
Cross-screw expression. The cross is the pass sign X.
Hen is a type of heddle in preference.
Leve is an expression used in Screw, Vista and other games. Each trick taken beyond the legal six is called a leve.
Leza - in picket means receiving more than six bribes.
A Lovevist expression meaning nothing, i.e. there is nothing on hand.
A false card is a blank card discarded onto a suit that is not in the hand.
Major is a picket and bezique term. There are tert major, fourth major, fifth major, sixth major. This means that cards of the same suit come in a row from the Ace. Ace, King and Queen - terci major; ace, king, queen and jack - quart major; ace, king, queen, jack and ten - fifth major; ace, king, queen, jack, ten and nine - sixth major.
Mariage is an expression used in card games sixty-six, thousand and bezique. Mariage is a king and queen of the same suit.
Suit - The deck is divided into four suits: spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts. Each suit contains a certain number of cards, i.e. big deck it has 13 cards, in the middle one - 9, in the small one - 8. Spades and clubs are black, diamonds and hearts are red.
Miser - in preference, a game without bribes for its intended purpose.
Silent - A player who makes an assignment out of turn (in screw) or takes more cards for himself (in picket) is deprived of the right to negotiate.
Navet means hitting a trump card from both sides, which is sometimes also called crossfire.
The purpose is to announce in the screw your suit, the sure tricks in the passed and aces.
Board card - any card revealed by any partner other than the dealer, during the deal, after the deal, or during the play. This rule exists only for Vint and Vista.
Finishing - In screw and whist, the side finishing the first game or rubber adds the agreed upon figure “for finishing” to its score. Therefore, the ending matters a lot in these games.
Oners are the five highest cards in the trump suit: ace, king, queen, jack and ten. They matter in a few games: screw and whist.
Open card- see Table map.
Points - the cost of cards: two - 2 points, three - 3 points, etc. to figures that are valued differently. In some games, the pieces are counted as follows: jack - 11 points, queen - 12, king - 13, ace - 14; in others: jack - 10 points, queen - 10, king - 10; in the third: jack - 2 points, queen - 3, king - 4, ace - 5; in the fourth: jack, queen and king - 10 points each, and ace - 1 point.
Three Monkeys Tavern
Introduction
Dignity of cards and poker hands
Poker can be played either with a Spanish deck or with dice, but usually a French deck is used, which has four suits: hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs. A full deck consists of 52 cards (without jokers). The rank of cards, from lowest to highest, is indicated as follows: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, V (jack), D (queen), K (king), A (ace).
Seniority of combinations. Poker hands consist of a maximum of five cards, no matter what type of poker is played. Naturally, with equal combinations, the one that consists of cards of higher value wins. The change price is determined by the presence of one of the following combinations (by seniority in order of increasing value):
1. Pair: two cards of the same value (for example, two queens).
2. Two pairs: two cards of one value and two cards of another (for example, two kings and two threes).
3. Figures: five “figures” or “pictures”; the figures are considered to be king, queen and jack (sometimes ace); this combination usually consists of two pairs of pieces and one more piece that does not complete the three (for example, two kings, two jacks and a queen).
4. Three of a kind: three cards of the same value (for example, three sevens).
5. Straight: five cards of increasing value, regardless of suit (for example, eight of hearts, nine of clubs, ten of hearts, jack of spades, queen of spades); seniority is strictly maintained, the ace opens a straight only in front of the king - thus building a straight of the highest value; but sometimes another option is allowed: a deuce connects with an ace, then a straight is possible - ace, deuce, three, etc.
6. Suit (or flush): five cards of the same suit, not necessarily consecutive (for example, three of diamonds, five, eight, jack and ace); In some games, an option is adopted in which the suit is valued more than the full, usually such an arrangement depends on whether the player is playing with a full deck or not: with fewer cards it is more difficult to build a suit, therefore, its value increases.
7. Foot: Three of a kind and a pair (for example, three of aces and a pair of kings make up the strongest combination in a full).
8. Four of a kind: four cards of the same value (for example, four jacks).
9. Straight by suit (straight flush): five cards of the same suit, increasing in value (for example, nine, ten, jack, queen and king of hearts).
10. Royal flush: straight variant; contains five consecutive cards of the same suit from Ace (for example, ten, jack, queen, king and ace of spades); Some players consider this combination to be the strongest, betting all other straight options after four of a kind.
11. Poker: four of a kind plus joker (for example, four deuces and a joker); usually played without jokers, so this combination most often occurs when dice are used for the game.
Rules for playing "cheating" poker. The six sides of one poker die correspond to cards of the following rank (in descending order): Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Eight (red), Seven (black). The number of players in cheat poker is not limited; four, as in the short story “The Tavern of the Three Monkeys” is the optimal number. A set of five dice is required to play. The game is on counterclockwise. The point of the game is to allow the player to your right to bet on a higher combination (raise) than the one the player to your left presumably has. Therefore, the game is played almost “in the dark,” that is, they usually show a minimum of dice, and the remaining ones are passed on to the next player, covered with a special glass on top. The player under whom the move is made may or may not believe the bid made. If he says "believe", then he alone looks at the closed dice and must raise, regardless of whether there is a hand that can justify a high bet or not. If he says “I don’t believe it,” he opens the dice by raising the glass. In this case, if the declared combination exists, he loses chips; but if the first player is caught cheating, then he loses, the one who checked wins. The draws use regular poker combinations, except for a straight, which would be difficult to construct, and a flush, because this combination is impossible. However, in this version of the game there is a combination of “poker” itself, i.e. four “cards” of the same value and a joker. Starting with three, in hands of the same value, the relative value of the combinations is determined by the fourth die. For example, three queens from an ace are higher than three queens from a jack. Thus, players have quite wide opportunities to increase the number of winning combinations. Each die can only be rolled once per game.
French deck: standard deck, established in Russia, contains 52 sheets - thirteen cards of four suits.
Spanish deck (also common in Italy): a special deck consisting of 78 cards; in suits, instead of spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts, it has “cups” (copas), “denarii” or “oros” (dineros, oros), “swords” (espadiilas) and “clubs” (bastos); in each of the four suits there are 14 cards, the highest is the king, then the queen, knight, jack, ace, 10, then at face value up to 2, which is the lowest card. There are 56 cards in total in suits. In addition, the deck contains a numbered trump card or "triumph": No1 - "buffoon", No2 - "popess", No3 - "emperor", No4 - "empress", No5 - "dad", No6 - "lover", No7 - “cart”, No8 - “justice”, No9 - “hermit”, No10 - “wheel of fortune”, No11 - “force”, No12 - “hanged man”, No13 - “death”, No14 - “moderation”, No15 - "devil", No16 - "church", No17 - "star", No18 - "moon", No19 - "sun", No20 - "court", No21 - "light"; triumphs have seniority in accordance with the number, the eldest is “buffoon”, the youngest is “light”. Finally, there is the "apology card", without number or suit, - "fool".
The stranger sits down to play and makes a straight according to the suit. He makes a bet and puts all his money on the table. His opponent reveals a deuce, a four, a seven, a nine and a jack of various suits and begins to rake in the money. Our friend, very amazed, shows a straight according to the suit and is indignant. Then the partner shows the inscription on the wall, which reads: “2-4-7-9-B make up the Old Cat. Old Cat beats everything else.”
So, our friend leaves the establishment, replenishes his cash and later, that same evening, discovers that he is holding exactly the same Old Cat in his hands. Well, the vicissitudes of fate. He again bets everything he has. Both partners bargain to the last cent. The cards are revealed. Our friend turns around the Old Cat. His opponent shows a pair of deuces and begins to hide the money. “Hmm,” says our friend. “You only have a couple of deuces, and I have the Old Cat.” To this his opponent responded by pointing to another inscription on the wall, which read: "Old Cat counts only once a night."
David Mamet. "Pearls from the player's library."
("Urban Tales")
...Cunning fights using strategies of intent: it never does what it announces; aims to confuse; to divert attention, it skillfully threatens and suddenly, where they are not expected, it strikes, constantly trying to make you faint. He shows one intention in order to test the opponent’s thoughts, and then, turning sharply, attacks by surprise and wins. A discerning mind, however, foresees her machinations, watches her on the sly, sees the opposite of what is assured, and instantly recognizes the deceptive move; Having waited out the attack of the first intent, it waits for the second and even the third. Noticing that it has been figured out, malice redoubles its efforts, using the very truth to deceive. A different game, different techniques, now cunning dresses up in the clothes of ingenuity, deceit puts on the mask of sincerity.
Baltasar Gracian.
"The Pocket Oracle or the Science of Prudence."
It's called KICKER
, or the highest card. That is, if none of the players has a combination of cards, then the highest one wins - starting from the Ace. Ace, king, queen, jack, 10, and so on. Example: the river contains 2, 8, 9, jack, king. You have an ACE and a Queen, your opponent has a 10 and a 6. Your high is an ACE. You have won the hand. Then comes PAIR. Any pair of cards, naturally, is considered by seniority. Example: river 2, 8, 9, jack, king. The opponent has 3, 10. You have 5 and the King. You have the top pair - two kings. You win.
Next - TWO PAIRS
. That is, there are 2, 5, 9, jack, 6 on the table, and you have 5 and jack in your hands. You have two pairs. If the opponent does not have two pairs, then they win. But if he has, for example, 10 and Jack, then his two pairs are higher (10 is higher than 5). The following combination, as it is easy to assume, TROIKA
. That is, three cards of the same value. Example: on the table there are 2, 5, 9, 6, Jack. You have a pair of Jacks. Let's compare it with what's on the table - you have a three. The opponent has 10, 3. You win.
Next is a little more complicated. It's called STRAIGHT
(order). This is a combination to increase cards. From low to high: 2,3,4,5,6 or 10, jack, queen, king, ace, or 6,7,8,9,10, jack. The only combination that does not immediately lend itself to logic is Ace, 2,3,4,5 (exactly the case when Ace is considered the lowest card). There must always be five cards, starting with the smallest. Then there are cards by color - FLASH
(suit) - collect the same suit, the order is not important. Example: on the table there are 2 crosses, 9 of spades, 6 of diamonds, 10 of spades, 4 of spades. You have the queen of spades, 7 of spades. The second player doesn’t matter what (well, not really, but in this case), but there is no color. You win. I’ll repeat (even though I’m annoying you with this), if the second player has at least the king of spades and the second suit of spades, then he wins. It is always considered by seniority. My favorite - FULL HOUSE
. Full house. Very often, when you have this combination, you win (we'll look at the details later). These are three cards of one value and two of another (or, to make it easier, a three and a pair). Example: on the table there are 9, jack, 8, 9, queen. You have a jack and a 9. That is, this gives us two jacks and three 9s. Three plus two. Like a classic Soviet film. Following logic, the following combination KARE
- four cards of the same value. For example, four aces, kings, it doesn’t matter what. It comes out very rarely. So, if you took it, you almost 100% took the bank. Only two combinations can beat the square. This STREET FLUSH
(suit in order). Cards of the same suit, in order. Example: on the table there are 9 of spades, jack of spades, 8 of diamonds, 10 of spades, ace of hearts, you have 8 of spades and queen of spades. All. Bingo! Straight flush. Even if your opponent has two spades (that is, just a flush), you win. A very interesting question is whose suit is higher. But if you think a little, you will understand that there cannot be two straight flushes. Therefore, this is a stupid question. And the last combination. ROYAL FLUSH
. The highest cards of the same suit in order are from 10 to Ace. It happened to me twice in many years of playing. But beginners are lucky, tell us later. She will kill everything. But it will fall out very rarely.
Straight flush is a poker hand consisting of five cards that must meet two conditions: they must follow each other in ascending order and be of the same suit.
Example of a straight flush combination:
7 of spades, 8 of spades, 9 of spades, 10 of spades and Jack of spades.
Lowest straight flush:
Ace, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (the main thing is that the cards are of the same suit. The suit itself does not matter - that is, it’s still a diamond, heart, club or spades straight flush).
Highest straight flush:
9, 10, jack, queen and king of the same suit.
10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of the same suit is not a straight flush. These cards make up a Royal Flush combination.
There is one interesting nuance that exists in Russian Poker.
Having explained it, we will move on to the most important thing - real-life examples that happened in the casino.
In Russian poker, a player can collect a straight flush and one of the following combinations together:
- Straight (the player has a straight flush + straight, pays 50:1 + 4:1, total 54:1).
- Flush (the player has a straight flush + flush, pays 50: 1 + 5: 1, total 55: 1).
- Straight flush (the player has a straight flush + straight flush, pays 50: 1 + 50: 1, total 100: 1).
- Royal flush (see more details here).
A real game of five card poker, a player and his straight flush.
The pit boss’s command sounds: “Sergey is the fifth poker player, don’t forget that they play five-card poker there.” And we, taking the deck, go to the table. We clap our colleague on the shoulder and say: “Change!” The dealer collects the cards and says: “Thank you for playing, you have a new dealer.”
We stand at the table, say: “Hello,” and after checking the deck, we begin to make a shuffle. (since there are many tables open at the moment, the dealer works alone).
There is only one girl sitting at the table, and after shuffling the cards, we hand the deck to her. She cuts the deck, and we say: “There are no more bets.” It costs $50 at the box. We deal out cards and move them to the box, reveal the top card to ourselves and say: “Seven.” She picks up the cards, looks at them in surprise for a few seconds, then turns them around and shows us: “What is this?”
We look at the cards and say: “You have a straight flush combination” (its cards are 9, 10, jack, queen and king of hearts).
Having opened our cards, we lay out the combination and say: “Straight flush” (7, 8, 9, 10 and jack of diamonds). The girl player says: “You also have a straight flush, which means I lost.”
“No,” we say and open her cards. We lay them out and slightly push the king forward. We announce: “Straight flush is higher,” pointing to our jack and pushing the card forward.
Congratulations! Your winnings are five thousand dollars.
With quick, polished movements, he rolled out fifty tokens of $100 each on the table (payout by BET, and two tokens of $25 each - payout by ANTE, for winning the five card poker), we take them to their guest. She didn't even know there was such a combination as a straight flush, which pays the casino 50:1 ($100 * 50 = $5,000).
The most important thing to remember is that if the dealer and the player have a straight flush combination, then the comparison is based on the highest card. Suit is not taken into account when comparing.
If the player and the dealer have the same straight flush, the dealer does not take or pay anything.
Example (same straight flush):
Dealer: Straight Flush (6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 Diamonds)
Player: Straight flush (6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 clubs)
The Straight combination in poker begins combinations in which all five cards are used, that is, there is no kicker. Above the set are Full House-Flush-Care Street Flash-Royal Flush, and below High Card-Pair-Two Pair-Set. The combination stands almost in the very middle of the hierarchical ladder of combinations; in the Russian version it is pronounced as Straight(street), but this is not entirely correct. The original English says Straight(straight - order), but Russian-speaking players prefer the first method of pronunciation.
The combination itself is quite strong; with proper play and a bit of luck, it can bring the owner a significant bank. The Straight with an Ace has gained great love among poker players - a special direction of the combination, which can be both the highest and the lowest depending on the value of the cards. Why does this happen and what are the secrets of the set with an ace?
General characteristics of a straight with an ace
A straight consists of five cards following each other in nominal order; the suit of the elements does not play any role, it can be different. If all the cards are suited, then this will be another combination - Straight Flush. A combination, for example, might look like this: 6 hearts, 7 diamonds, 8 spades, 9 hearts, 10 diamonds. The seniority of the set and the name are determined by the highest card included in it. In the above example, the designation will be Street from ten.
The combination of a Straight in poker with an Ace can happen in two ways:
- 10, jack, queen, king, ace.
- Ace, 2,3,4,5.
And if everything is clear with the first case: this is the highest Street, nominally the highest card is an ace, then with the second option many beginners have problems. It is unclear to them what place it occupies in the hierarchy and what its strength is.
In all cases, the Ace to 5 Straight occupies the very first step in the seniority ranking. Ace here acts as a one, the combination is called Straight from five, it is inferior in strength to other sets in the combination.
Controversial situations with Straight with Ace
With the ranking of the combination everything becomes clear relatively quickly, with controversial cases behind poker table somewhat more complicated, but if you get into it, there shouldn’t be any problems.
- Two or more poker players got a straight with an ace in the variant - 10, jack, queen, king, ace. Since the combination is the highest, and there are no kickers, the pot is divided equally between the contenders.
- The Straight came up in the variant - Ace, 2,3,4,5 for two or more players. The situation is similar to the first one, the winnings are paid to the poker players in equal parts.
Confusion for beginners sometimes arises when both varieties of Straight with an Ace appear at the table at the same time. You need to firmly understand: The straight with the highest cards is always superior to other ways of making a combination.
How to use the combination correctly?
The answer to the question – can a Straight start with an Ace – is yes. This is the youngest combination in the “family”; if it comes up, the drawing should be done carefully, the combination is still not the strongest in poker. Professionals advise to think sensibly about the situation at the table; experienced players will most likely “see through” the owner of the Straight. And if they have more strong cards, will try to remove as much as possible large bank, if they are weaker, they will simply pass.
A combination, as a rule, is given by elements on the table lying in a row; the poker player will have the missing links in his hands. It's not that hard to recognize them, so only with full confidence in success should you go on the attack with a Straight with an ace in your hands.
