winning hand
Cards that prevail
A winning hand is a combination of cards in poker or other card games that beats all other hands in a round, entitling its holder to the pot.
The term extends figuratively to any set of advantages or assets that virtually guarantees success: With her experience and connections, she holds a winning hand in the negotiations.
Someone dealt a winning hand has been given favorable circumstances.
Top-ranking poker hand
- straight flushSequential suited poker hand
- four of a kindFour matching cards
- full houseTriplet and pair combined
- flushSame suit, five cards
straight · three of a kind · two pair · high card · poker · blackjack · gin rummy · mahjong
Accumulated gambling prize
- lucky breakUnforeseen favorable occurrence
- hot streakSustained period of success
- fortuneWealth or destiny
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
payout · odds · stakes · long shot · underdog victory · beginner's luck · against the odds · clutch
Calculated false front
ante · all-in · pot odds · chip leader · card counting · draw · discard · meld
Mathematical problem-solving process
- tellsConveys information verbally
- poker faceIntentionally expressionless look
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
position play · risk assessment · probability · expected value · timing · patience · discipline · slow play
royal flush
Top-ranking poker hand
- straight flushSequential suited poker hand
- four of a kindFour matching cards
- full houseTriplet and pair combined
flush · straight · three of a kind · two pair · high card · poker · blackjack · gin rummy · mahjong · bridge
jackpot
Accumulated gambling prize
- lucky breakUnforeseen favorable occurrence
- hot streakSustained period of success
- fortuneWealth or destiny
windfall · payout · odds · stakes · long shot · underdog victory · beginner's luck · against the odds · clutch · comeback
bluff
Calculated false front
check · ante · all-in · pot odds · chip leader · card counting · draw · discard · meld · bid
calculation
Mathematical problem-solving process
- tellsConveys information verbally
- poker faceIntentionally expressionless look
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
deception · position play · risk assessment · probability · expected value · timing · patience · discipline · slow play · trap
- gamblinggamble, gambling, casinos, casino, bets
- mahjongtiles, meld, melds, pong, chow
- Baccaratbanco, banker, player, natural, tie
- card gamespoker, blackjack, solitaire, hearts, spades
- gambling lingoall in, ante up, raise the stakes, go all in, high roller
- dominancedominance, dominant, supremacy, superiority, ascendancy