Blank (playing card)
A blank is a
Poker, the term refers to a community card which is extremely unlikely to help any remaining player.[2]
The names of the non-counters varies from region to region and game to game. In
plain-trick games
where it is the number of tricks that counts, not the value of the cards won.
Similar nicknames are given to very low-scoring cards. For example, in
low cards.[8] In French Tarot
they are the cartes basses. Low-value poker cards may be called rags.
In the
Brusbart family of games, although cards do not have point values, certain cards are worthless in the sense that they cannot beat anything, even lower cards of the same suit. In Bruus and other members of the family they are 'duds' (Luschen or Fosen) or 'worthless cards' (wertlose Karten), but in Brus they are called 'windmills'. In Bräus
, they are literally unplayable and only serve to pad out the hand.
References
- ^ Parlett (2008), p. 642.
- ISBN 978-1-886070-16-5. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Skatbegriffe at www.euroskat.com. Retrieved 18 Jul 18
- ^ Schafkopf Glossar at www.schafkopf-palast.de. Retrieved 18 Jul 18
- ^ a b Kastner and Folkvord (2005), p. 223/224
- ^ a b c d Mayr and Sedlaczek (2015), p. 405
- ^ Bamberger (2011), p. 95
- ^ Dummett (1980), p. 245
Bibliography
- Bamberger, Johannes (2011). Tarock: Die schönsten Varianten. 22nd edition. Vienna: Perlen-Reihe. ISBN 978-3-99006-000-1
- ISBN 0-7156-1014-7
- Kastner, Hugo and Gerald Kador Folkvord (2005). Die große Humboldt-Enzyklopädie der Kartenspiele. Baden-Baden: Humboldt. ISBN 978-3-89994-058-9
- ISBN 978-3-902498-22-9
- ISBN 978-0-141-03787-5.