Stops (Noun)
Meaning
A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- In this card game, each suit has its own separate deck, and the objective is to be the first player to lay down a card that matches one of the cards in the layout at the center of the table where players place their bets, with bets on each ace, king, queen, and jack having their own individual stakes, but chips placed on each are limited, with only four spaces on each of these four high-value cards that serve as betting areas.
- If you put your chips on one of these betting stops and a player lays down the corresponding card from the separate deck used in the game, you can collect all the chips on that betting space, as it marks the winning chip or bet for that specific suit card that matches the one you've wagered on.
- Some strategic players place chips on every available stop to cover their bets and potentially collect the pot when any of those card matches occur, aiming to control their losses while spreading their bets across multiple potential winning options in each round of play.
- It is a delicate balance between covering multiple potential stops for matching cards while also spreading bets strategically to cover multiple options for higher rewards or managing potential losses when matching sequences do not come through.
- Many participants track patterns in which specific stops receive chips to gain an edge over others in determining the sequence in which to place bets across the available high-value cards to limit losses or make significant gains with matching cards from the deck being used.