In card games, a burn card is a playing card dealt from the top of a deck, and discarded ("burned"), unused by the players. This is often done in casinos to deter a form of cheating known as card marking, as well as to provide extra cards for use when an irregularity of play occurs. In poker, the top card of the deck stub is burned at the beginning of each betting round, so that players who might have been able to read markings on that card during the previous round cannot take advantage of that information (far less, at least; knowledge of a burn card might occasionally be marginally useful, such as knowing there is one less Ace in the deck, but far less so than having it in play). A card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game-specific. ... Set of 52 playing cards Some typical Anglo-American playing cards. ... Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas (jb) A casino is a building that accommodates certain types of gambling games and activities. ... Card marking is the process of altering playing cards such that the suit, rank or both are only apparent to the person marking the cards or potentially another conspirator. ... Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Poker Poker is a card game, the most popular of a class of games called vying games, in which players with fully or partially concealed cards make wagers into a central pot, which is awarded to the remaining player or players with the...

Burn cards are almost always placed in the discard pile face down, so no players know what card was burned. The use of burn cards can also deter card-counters in blackjack. Sometimes a mis-dealt card (such as one of the down cards in poker that has flashed during the deal) will be used as the burn card--in those cases, the card should be immediately placed face up on the deck after the deal is complete. Blackjack! The Jack playing card, like the Queen and King, counts 10 points, and the player picks a value of 1 or 11 for the Ace. ...