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Royal flush
Games; Poker
A straight flush of the top five cards of any suit. This is generally the highest possible hand.
Royal cards
Games; Poker
Royal card are also known as face cards or picture cards. These cards consist of the Jack, Queen, and King of any suit.
Scare card
Games; Poker
A card dealt face up (either to a player in a game such as stud or to the board in a community card game) that could create a strong hand for someone. The Jack of spades on the turn was a scare card ...
Runner-runner
Games; Poker
A hand made by hitting two consecutive cards on the turn and river. Also "backdoor". Compare to "bad beat" and "suck out".
