values of two or more blaze hands are fixed by the
highest card, a hand containing ace or aces being best.

_The Joker_ is an additional card, sometimes included in the pack, and to
which any value may be given by the player holding it. If for instance,
a player hold king, queen, knave, and ten of hearts, and the joker,
he may call the joker ace of hearts, and so claim a sequence flush.
The joker is a higher card, moreover, than the actual card whose name
it takes, _i.e._ a joker which is called the king of spades is better
than the real king of spades.

_TECHNICAL TERMS_.

For convenience of reference we annex explanations of the few technical
terms used in Poker.

_Age_.--The eldest hand, _i.e._ the player to the left of the dealer.
Generally called the ante-man or "ante."

_Ante_.--The first stake in the game. It must be made before
the cards have been dealt, by the player on the left of the dealer.
It is the only compulsory stake, and for this reason the amount is fixed,
and is generally small. It must not exceed one half the limit.

The player to the left of the dealer is identified with his stake,
and is familiarly called ante.

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_Bluff_.--To stake an unwarrantable sum on a weak hand for the purpose
of inducing the other players to relinquish their stakes rather than
continue betting. To pretend to have a good hand.

_Blaze_.--A hand consisting of five court cards (see p. 41).

_Chips_.--Counters. An American term, little used by English players.
_To chip_ means to stake chips, to bet.

_Call_.--To call the preceding player is to stake an amount equal to
his stake (see p. 37).

_Discard_.--To throw away cards so as to receive others in exchange
for them (see p. 35).

_Draw_.--To receive cards from the dealer in exchange for an equal
number discarded.

_Eldest Hand_.--The player to the left of the dealer. See _Ante_.

_Foul Hand_.--A hand containing more or less than five cards.
Such hand must be relinquished, and the owner must retire from that game,
losing any sum he may have staked.

_Go Better_.--See _Raise_.

_Go in_.--To stake a sum equal to double the ante and any straddles or
raises which may have been added to it, in order to qualify for drawing
and playing for the pool.

_Hand_.--The five cards held by any player.

_Jack-pot_.--The game which follows an unopened game, _i.e._ which
follows a game in which every player had rejected his cards (see p. 40).

_Joker_.-