Re: king of hearts???

On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Veronica Karlsson wrote:

> llizard wrote:
> > 
> [ 8< ]
> 
> > I didn't even know that the king of hearts *was* a suicide king. Here
> > are the modifications. (Still a bit iffy to decipher because of the
> > size.)
> 
> Neither did I. I did some searching and came to the conclusion that that
> is only in that ugly old black-red-and-yellow English version... If you
> take Swedish playing cards you will find that he is a nice-looking
> middle aged man with red hair and a beard (not unlike an old teacher of
> mine, who just happens to have the same name as the company that makes
> those cards...). In these Swedish cards there are also two one-eyed
> Jacks...
> 
Well, if you play poker, then you need a deck of *real* deck of cards. =)

When the dealer calls wilds, it isn't uncommon to hear the suicide king or
one-eyed jacks called wild.

not that I gamble or anything... =)

by the way, I've delurked... I love some of the ascii stuff that's been
posted here. Maybe I'll post some of my own soon...

peace,
-Pete


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