Jack (playing card)

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The Pik -Bube ( Jack of spades ) in American Anglo-Journal

The jack - also known as a boy or farmer - is a card value of a playing card that appears in many different sheets of cards , on which an important knight or soldier is usually depicted. It is abbreviated with the first letter of the language in which the respective edition is used, ie “B” (for jack ) or “V” (for valet ) in the French paper and “J” (for jack ) in the Anglo-American paper (see below).

In the German newspaper the jack appears as → Unter .

French sheet

In the French print version of the French sheet , the depicted knights are given names, starting with diamonds Hector, "Lahire", Ogier and Lancelot. These are interpreted as

Anglo-American Journal

The boy was in English-speaking first knave ( Scarce or Jack ), but mid-19th century, should be printed as playing cards with identification marks in the corners, it was feared that confusion between the "boys", abbreviation Kn , with the King ( king ) the K is abbreviated. That is why the “boy” was renamed from knave to jack , and the card has been printed with a “J” ever since. Jack was a common name for a simple man, the lumberjack is called, for example, “lumberjack”.

Precedence

The jack's ranking is usually as if he were the number 11 playing card. Since it is the first card with a face, it is used as the minimum requirement for something in many games. In some forms of poker, but especially on machines , a pair with jacks or better is required to win a game. In the card game of poker , the jack is the fourth best card before the 10 and behind the queen , so there are 9 worse cards. In the game of Skat , the "pawns" are usually the trump cards, as is the case with the pawn . In Doppelkopf , the jack of clubs plays a special role depending on the game variant ("Karlchen Müller"). In Jass , the Jack of Trumps (Swiss German: Trumpfpuur) is the highest of all cards with a value of twenty points, the three jacks of the other colors are worth two points. The Jack of Trumps beats all cards.