count cards

verb

To keep track of the cards that have been dealt and those that remain in the deck, in order to calculate the likelihood of certain hands in gambling games such as poker and blackjack.

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Meanings

verbcount cards (third-person singular simple present counts cards, present participle counting cards, simple past and past participle counted cards)

present singular third person counts cards · participle present counting cards · participle past counted cards · past counted cards

  1. gamblingTo keep track of the cards that have been dealt and those that remain in the deck, in order to calculate the likelihood of certain hands in gambling games such as poker and blackjack.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 算牌
  • 算牌 (suànpái)keep track of cards that have been dealt
Finnish laskea kortteja
  • laskea korttejakeep track of cards that have been dealt
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