high card
Best lone rank
High card is the lowest-ranking hand in poker—five cards that form no pair, straight, flush, or other combination.
When no player has made a hand, the highest individual card determines the winner: I won with high card, ace.
The term also describes using the highest card to settle ties or make random decisions: We'll draw for high card to see who goes first.
Single-pip card
- kingMale crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- jackDevice for lifting vehicles
- tenBase of decimals
suit · hearts · diamonds · clubs · spades · hand · showdown · kicker
Quantified chance of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- luckChance affecting outcomes
variance · risk · distribution · frequency · expected value · long run · streaks · cold deck
Facility for wagering
- bettingStaking money on outcomes
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- blackjackCard game to twenty-one
- baccaratCard game targeting nine
stakes · ante · payout · bankroll · odds · house edge · dealer · shoe
Ranked authority structure
- precedenceSuperior rank or importance
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- highestTopmost in position
- lowestLeast in position
comparison · tiebreaker · seniority · dominance · supremacy
ace
Single-pip card
ten · suit · hearts · diamonds · clubs · spades · hand · showdown · kicker · tiebreaker
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
luck · variance · risk · distribution · frequency · expected value · long run · streaks · cold deck · bad beat
casino
Facility for wagering
baccarat · stakes · ante · payout · bankroll · odds · house edge · dealer · shoe · pit boss
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
- precedenceSuperior rank or importance
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- highestTopmost in position
lowest · comparison · tiebreaker · seniority · dominance · supremacy
bluff
Calculated false front
- positionLocation or stance
- pot oddsRisk-to-reward betting calculation
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
value bet · aggression · heads-up · reads · tells
- Poker Handsroyal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush
- card gamespoker, blackjack, solitaire, hearts, spades
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, jackpot
- pokerblinds, all-in, all in, call, fold
- card termsace, pair, flush, king of hearts, straight
- blackjackblackjack, 21, twenty-one, hit, stand
high cardroyal flush
Top-ranking poker hand
straight flush · four of a kind · pair · full house · quads