Talon (cards)
In card games, a talon ([taˈlɔ̃]; French for "heel") is a stack of undealt cards that is placed on the table to be used during the game. Depending on the game or region, they may also be referred to as the blind, kitty, skat, stock, tapp or widow (US).
Description
In 1909, Meyers Lexicon described the talon as "the cards left over after dealing..."[1] In games of chance, such as
card table. In other games, there are however very different variations, for example in Königrufen
. Talons may be placed face up or face down.
Parlett describes a kitty as "the pool or pot being played for" or "a dead hand or widow". He also equates talon to stock as the "cards which are not dealt initially but may be drawn from or dealt out later in the play".[3]
Examples of usage
The following are examples of games and the term usually used for talon. They are taken from Parlett[3] unless otherwise indicated:
- Blind: Sheepshead, Six-Bid
- Cego: Cego
- Dabb: Tappen
- Doaba: Jaggln[4]
- Dobb: Dobbm[5]
- Kitty: Three-Card Brag, Crash, Sergeant-Major
- Pott: Tausendundeins
- Skat:
- Start:
- Stock:
- Stoß: German Rummy
- Talon: Sixty-Six, Treppenrommé, Ulti
- Tapp: Binokel, Cego, Tapp, Tapp Tarock, Troggu
- Widow:Sir Garnet, Widow Pinochle
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Dummett (1980), p. 570, confirms that this is an American expression, something reflected in the games that use the term.
References
- Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, 1909.
- ^ "Lexikoneintrag zu »Talon«. Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 19. Leipzig ..." www.zeno.org.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-141-03787-5.
- ^ Schipflinger, Anton (1927). "Das Jaggln" in Tiroler Heimatblätter, Issue 7/8, pp. 230/231.
- ^ Dobbm at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 29 Jun 2018.
- ^ Rohrmayer 2015.
- ^ Kastner & Folkvord 2005, p. 177.
- ^ Droggn at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 29 Jun 2018.
- ^ Kastner & Folkvord 2005, p. 241.
- ^ Mizerka at www.pagat.com. Retrieved 29 Jun 2018.
- ^ Kastner & Folkvord 2005, p. 273.
Literature
- ISBN 0715631225
- Kastner, Hugo; Folkvord, Gerald Kador (2005). Die große Humboldt-Enzyklopädie der Kartenspiele. Baden-Baden: Humboldt. ISBN 978-3-89994-058-9.
- Rohrmayer, Erich (2015). Lerne Wallachen. Amberg: Buch- und Kunstverlag Oberpfalz. ISBN 978-3-95587-023-2.