hole card

hole card
noun
1. any assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously
• Hypernyms: ↑assets
2. (poker) a playing card dealt face down and not revealed until the showdown
• Topics: ↑stud, ↑stud poker
• Hypernyms: ↑playing card

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noun
1. : a card in stud poker that is properly dealt facedown and that the holder need not expose before the showdown — called also down card
2. : a possession, action, or power that carries often unexpected weight in negotiations or other relationships and that is held in reserve or used to its most strategic advantage

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1. Stud Poker. the card dealt face down in the first round of a deal.
2. something held in reserve until it can be used to advantage.
[1905-10, Amer.]

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hole card noun
(in stud poker) the card dealt face down in the first round
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Main Entry: ↑hole

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hole card,
1. a card dealt face down in stud poker.
2. a concealed advantage.

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n. (in stud or other forms of poker) a card that has been dealt face down
■ figurative a thing that is kept secret until it can be used to one's own advantage

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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