n Any of various
card games in which, following each of one or more
rounds of
dealing or
revealing the cards, the
players in
sequence make
tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a
pool to be taken either by the
sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a
superior hand according to a
standard ranking of hand values for the
game.
(defdate|from earlier 19th c.)