Hole Card
hole card
1. In poker, a card dealt face down to a player. It is common in stud poker for the player to receive a number of hole cards.
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2. A secret advantage. Just when everyone thought Randy was going to lose the competition, he used his hole card and pulled into first place.
There are two main types of hole-carding: “basing” or “first-basing” and “front loading.” Basing means seeing the dealer’s hole card when he checks under his up-card for a blackjack. A hole card is an advantage that you keep secret until you are ready to use it. The fact that I knew where she was and had in my possession a boxful of evidence were my only two remaining hole cards. Hole card definition, the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal. Acronym for high card as in a ten, jack, queen, king, or ace.
Hole Card Definition
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
a hole card
Hole carding can be defined as gaining knowledge of cards that are supposed to be hidden from view in card games. In most cases hole carding is applied to blackjack, but other games are also vulnerable.
mainly AMERICANA hole card is an advantage that you keep secret until you are ready to use it. The fact that I knew where she was and had in my possession a boxful of evidence were my only two remaining hole cards. Note: In five card `stud' poker, the `hole' card is the only card which is dealt to you face down so that the other players cannot see it.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
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