red dog

red dog
a gambling game played by two to ten persons with a pack of 52 cards, in which players bet in turn that their hands contain a card of the same suit as the top card of the stock and of higher rank. Also called high-card pool.
[1925-30]

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      name for two different simple gambling card games.

      In one version of red dog—also known as yablon, acey-deucey, and between the sheets—each player puts up an initial stake, and the banker deals two cards faceup. Unless the ranks of the cards are the same or consecutive, the bettors may increase their stakes by as much as the original amount of their wagers on the basis of their belief that the next card turned from the deck will be intermediate in rank between the first two cards. A third card is then dealt between the first two, and the bettors win if it is intermediate. The odds paid to a successful bettor vary with the number of ranks intermediate between the first two cards (the “spread”) as follows: one rank pays 5 to 1, two ranks pay 4 to 1, three ranks pay 2 to 1, and greater spreads pay 1 to 1. If the first two cards are consecutive, no one may raise, and no one wins. If they are paired, no one may raise, but a third card is turned, and the bettors win 11 to 1 if it matches the rank of the first two cards.

      In the other version of red dog—also known as high-card pool—players contribute equally to a pot, which is replenished by new antes whenever it is empty. Each player is dealt five cards, or four cards if 9 or 10 play. Starting with the player to the left of the dealer, each in turn may toss a chip in the pot in order to throw his hand in or bet any remaining part of the pot that at least one of his cards will be of the same suit and higher in rank than the next card turned from the deck. After the pot has been covered or all the players have wagered, the banker turns the top card, and each player settles with the pot the amount of his bet. In some circles a player may also bet against holding a winning card.

David Parlett

Additional Reading
Reliable sources for rules include Joli Quentin Kansil (ed.), Bicycle Official Rules of Card Games (2002); David Parlett, The A–Z of Card Games, 2nd ed. (2004; 1st ed. published as Oxford Dictionary of Card Games, 1992); and Barry Rigal, Card Games for Dummies, 2nd ed. (2005).

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