one-eyed jack

Profile-view court card

A one-eyed jack is a jack in a standard deck of cards shown in profile, displaying only one eye.

In most decks, the jacks of hearts and spades are one-eyed, while clubs and diamonds show both eyes.

One-eyed jacks often serve as wild cards in poker variations: One-eyed jacks and deuces are wild.

cards

face card

Illustrated playing card

deck · suit · hearts · spades · shuffle · deal · hand · trump · royalty · fifty-two

poker

wild card

Unpredictable factor in play

  • bluffCalculated false front
  • betRisked stake on outcome
  • foldBend onto itself

raise · call · check · ante · river · flop · turn · showdown · chips · pot

wildcard

joker

Cutup or wild card

flexible · unpredictable · game-changer · substitute · stand-in · designation · house rules · deuces · variant

deception

trickster

Cunning deceiver in myth

duplicity · guile · two-faced · blind spot · partial view · concealment · mystery · enigma · watchful · wary

Categories
Opposites
card face visibility

one-eyed jackjack of diamonds

Knave of red gems

jack of clubs · king of diamonds · king of clubs · queen of clubs

card rank

one-eyed jackace

Single-pip card

king · queen · deuce · king of spades · king of hearts

Family

eyed, jack, ones, eyes, eyeing, eyeless, eyelet, jacks, jacked

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G