suicide king

suicide king
The kings of hearts and diamonds in a deck of playing cards; so-called as their weapons are pointed towards themselves in most decks depictions.

When Henry played poker, he liked to declare suicide kings wild, as he felt it lent him an air of sophistication.


Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Suicide King (Buffy novel) — infobox Book | name = The Suicide King title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Robert Joseph Levy illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Buffy the Vampire Slayer genre =… …   Wikipedia

  • The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King — The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time (ISBN 0 446 57769 3) is a 2005 book by Michael Craig detailing billionaire Andrew Beal s series of high stakes poker games with Las Vegas top professional… …   Wikipedia

  • King of Hearts — may refer to:*The playing card also known as the Suicide KingIn film: * King of Hearts (1927 film), a silent film directed by Joseph Levigard * King of Hearts (1931 film), also known as Shah E Jigar , an Indian silent film directed by Dr. Alvaro… …   Wikipedia

  • Suicide Squad — For other uses, see Suicide squad. Suicide Squad Promotional art by Michael Bair. Group publication information Publisher …   Wikipedia

  • King (playing card) — The king is a playing card with a picture of a king on it. The usual rank of a king is as if it were a 13, that is, above the queen. In some games, the king is the highest ranked card; in others, the ace is higher. In pinochle, both the ace and… …   Wikipedia

  • Suicide (luchador) — Suicide Nombres artísticos Suicide …   Wikipedia Español

  • King Zhou of Shang — King xia 商紂王 King of Shang Dynasty Reign 1075 BC – 1046 BC (29 years) Spouse Daji Full name Family name: Zi (子) Given name: Shou (受) / Shoude (受德) …   Wikipedia

  • King Goujian of Yue — (Chinese: 越王勾踐) (reigned 496 BC 465 BC) was the king of the Kingdom of Yue (present day Shanghai, northern Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu) near the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, named Si Goujian (姒勾踐) [Bo Yang, Outlines of the History of… …   Wikipedia

  • Suicide Squad — Organisme de fiction apparaissant dans Suicide Squad Alias Task Force X Activité(s) espionnage, para militaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Suicide & Redemption — Suicide Redemption Suicide Redemption Chanson par Metallica extrait de l’album Death Magnetic Sortie 12 septembre 2008 Enregistrement 12 Mars 2007 11 Mai 2008 Sound City (Los Angeles) Genre(s) …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”