NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Muck (gambling)

In poker, it refers both to the action of folding one's cards and to the pile of discarded cards in front of the dealer.
Mucking or hand mucking is a form of cheating. A player conceals a card through sleight of hand, removing it from play so that it may later be inserted back into the game to the cheater's advantage. For example, in blackjack a cheating player might remove an Ace from the table to use the next time he's dealt a ten to make a blackjack.

Category: Gambling terminology 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... Sleight-of-hand, also known as legerdemain, is a technique of close-up magic in which small items are concealed in and around the performers hands, sometimes by the use of misdirection, to enhance the illusion being performed. ... Blackjack! The face cards (Jack, Queen, and King) and the ten count as 10 points, and the Ace counts as 1 or 11. ...

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