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Encyclopedia > Card shark

A card shark is an expert card game player who feasts on weaker "fish" players. A card shark is different than a card sharp, who uses deception for purposes of either card tricks or to cheat at a game like poker. // This article is about games played with cards. ... The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... A card sharp (also commonly known as card shark) is a person who purposely cheats at cards with the aim of making money. ... Performing a flourish with a deck of playing cards. ... // Cheating in poker is any behavior outside the rules intended to give an unfair advantage to one or more players. ... Poker Room at the Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, New Jersey 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 player or players...


A card shark will often be a rounder who seeks out juicy games wherever they may be. The term rounder can mean several things. ...

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Card Sharks (716 words)
card froze on would be their new base card.
After Card Sharks, he hosted a Bob Stewart pilot "Twisters" and hosted "Sale of the Century" on NBC and syndication from 1983-1989.
The original Card Sharks pilot was done the same year as the show premiered.
Card Sharks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3972 words)
Card Sharks was an American television game show in which contestants guessed whether a playing card was higher or lower than the card that preceded it.
If neither contestant guessed all the cards on his or her row correctly, another toss-up question was asked and the same procedures were followed until someone cleared the row or the fourth question in the round was asked.
Card Sharks was revived for 13 weeks in the fall of 2001, but was not well received by critics due to its gameplay, which was changed from the 1978 and 1986 versions.
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