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Optional Card - Poker (gambling) and fade-out (iou)


Optional Card - Poker (gambling)


In stud, played in a Home game, an extra card that a player can "buy" after all the cards that constitute a hand have been dealt. This card is generally a replacement for one of the player' s existing cards, usually with an up card being replaced by an up card, and a down card being replaced by a down card, and often with the player having to pay for the card, that is, put extra chips in the pot, such chips not constituting a bet, because that "bet" does not have to be matched by Other players. "We' re playing five-card stud, high-low, with a twist." Also called discard, pitch, replacement, substitution.

fade-out (iou)



fade-out noun. E20.
[from FADE verb + OUT adverb.]
A (gradual or unobtrusive) disappearance or departure; spec. death. Chiefly US slang. E20.
Cinematography, Television, & Broadcasting. A gradual lessening in the visibility of a picture or the volume of a sound. E20.
Theatrical. A gradual dimming of the stage. M20.
A temporary interruption of Radio communication; fading (see FADE verb 7). M20.