Talk:Standard 52-card deck

Merge

Should this page be combined with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card#French_design ?

No. IMHO, duplication should be eliminated, Playing_card#French_design should be much abbreviated and refer to this expanded article. Newwhist (talk) 02:24, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

I agree with the suggestion to merge; khhuahigduathis COCK JUGGLING THUNDER CUNT article only has any relevance in the context of the playing card article and the name here is somewhat of a misnomer, implying there's some sort of standard. The French deck is simply the most popular, it is not the "standard". Owen214 (talk) 03:55, 8 June 2012 (UTC)

But why it is not a duplicate of French playing cards? --Infovarius (talk) 14:20, 4 February 2015 (UTC) oe jkhuvdgvus;yado;9fmc0fepocifomgjigitgitwug9ure[iwf [a]pqf[]eofr0p0goi0reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-ew0ic0wifmpif

Leaves and Bells

At the end of the sentence referring to these extant suits it says "See below" but there is no other information. I have deleted it because it's unclear and non-existent. 174.44.147.145 (talk) 13:04, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

"No citation needed"?

I removed this hidden text leading to the assertion about the weight of an average card/deck: "<!-- Begin of text added by [[Pandamonia]], formerly [[Halfakers]] No citation needed. -->. Any explanation as to why this is here? --EEMIV (talk) 21:11, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

It is original research that I did, but I don't know why the hidden text was there. --Pan·da·mo·ni·a 21:26, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. I've flagged it for citation/substantiation. --EEMIV (talk) 21:43, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Why is it titled Standard 52 card deck?

There is no standard, there are usually 54 cards, and deck is referred to as pack in some countries. When I buy a pack (deck) of cards I always get at least 54 cards (4 suits of 13 cards plus two Jokers). Depending upon the game being played zero, one, two or more cards are removed from the pack to make up the playing deck. Reading the Playing card article you see that there is no standard deck. There is a deck that is more popular in some parts of the world and in online games. This article could be merged with Playing card however it might be better being renamed to something like "Common Playing Card Deck" with more detailed explanation of what makes up such a deck and differences in decks for certain games. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GR8DAN (talk • contribs) 09:19, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Isn't the correct name French deck (which redirects here)? Shouldn't that be the main article name, since Playing card is the general topic? --145.226.30.44 (talk) 13:06, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Bullets and cowboys

The article says 2's are nicknamed deuces and 3's are nicknamed treys. That's fine. But then it says aces are bullets and kings are cowboys, and I've never heard this. In the specific context of pocket cards in Texas hold'em, yes, AA can be called "bullets" and KK can be called "cowboys". But hitting your ace on the flop is just a pair of aces, not bullets; same for pairing a king and cowboys. I've also never heard anybody say something like, "a bullet fell on the turn", nor would AK ever be called "bullet cowboy", whereas 32 might certainly be called "trey deuce". I'm removing this unless somebody can provide examples of more general usage. - furrykef (Talk at me) 23:19, 19 November 2013 (UTC)