cardplayer
Deals and bets
A cardplayer is someone who plays card games, whether casually or professionally.
The term often implies someone with skill or regular practice: He was a notorious cardplayer who spent his evenings at the poker table.
Also spelled as two words: card player.
Randomizing order of items
- dealingConducting business transactions
- trick-takingWinning dealt card rounds
- biddingOffering prices or obeying
- trumpSuit outranking all others
bridge · whist · euchre · cribbage · hearts · spades · rummy · canasta
Facility for wagering
- bettingStaking money on outcomes
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- stakesPosts or wagers
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
highroller · jackpot · luck · fortune · winning · losing · bankroll · buy-in
Showing no feeling
- stoicUncomplaining endurer of hardship
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- inscrutableImpossible to understand
composed · nonchalant · neutral · reserved · deadpan · stone-faced · steady gaze · controlled breathing
Intentional misleading of others
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- misleadCause false belief
- charadeAbsurd or obvious pretense
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
fakery · tell · misdirection · acting · stone cold · representing · semi-bluff · check-raise
Methods to achieve goals
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- patienceCalm during delays
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
focus · position · pot odds · expected value · range · game theory · exploitation · adaptation
shuffling
Randomizing order of items
- dealingConducting business transactions
- trick-takingWinning dealt card rounds
- biddingOffering prices or obeying
trump · bridge · whist · euchre · cribbage · hearts · spades · rummy · canasta · pinochle
casino
Facility for wagering
odds · highroller · jackpot · luck · fortune · winning · losing · bankroll · buy-in · pot
expressionless
Showing no feeling
- stoicUncomplaining endurer of hardship
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
inscrutable · composed · nonchalant · neutral · reserved · deadpan · stone-faced · steady gaze · controlled breathing · stillness
deception
Intentional misleading of others
pretense · fakery · tell · misdirection · acting · stone cold · representing · semi-bluff · check-raise · trap
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
- patienceCalm during delays
discipline · focus · position · pot odds · expected value · range · game theory · exploitation · adaptation · aggression