What is the size of playing cards?

1, bridgeSize: (Bridgesize) The most common card size is Bridge, which is 5.7*8.8cm, which is relatively suitable for the size of China people's hands. This size is also a playing card that we can buy at will in most places today.

2. Standard size: (PokerSize) The standard size suitable for international poker competitions is 6.3*8.8cm, which is second only to a card with more appearances in bridge size.

3, extra large: (JumboSize) is more common in clown performances, exhibitions, etc.

4. Ultra-small size: (micro) In order to facilitate carrying, the size of products invented by modern people is generally between 3.2 * 8.7 cm and 3.7 * 6 cm.

52 cards are divided into a group of 13, and each group is represented by four colors: spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds. The cards in each group include 1- 10( 1 usually denoted as a) and 13, marked with J, Q and K, and the game is played.

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history

The predecessor of playing cards is simplified to 52 French tarot cards, so the colors and heads are the same. American businessmen plus two ghost cards Joker from Germany (ghost cards have some ways to play, but they are not necessarily needed), a total of 54 cards. When it was introduced from China, people came to play poker most often, so it was called playing cards.

The French version of poker is the most popular. Are these four colors spades? (piques, also known as sunflower fans), hearts? (c？ Urs (also known as peach heart), plum blossom? (trèfles, also known as grass flowers), diamonds? (carreaux, also known as red brick, diamond, stepped brick or square, called "Ba Pian" in Sichuan and Chongqing of China), spades and clubs are black, and hearts and squares are red.

Thirteen cards of each suit are numbered from one to thirteen. The cards from one to ten are represented by the number of patterns, and the cards from eleven, twelve and thirteen are represented by the head cards J (Jack), Q (Queen) and K (King). One is usually labeled as a and can be called 1, a or Ace.

In modern times, the value of design and color pattern is usually marked directly in the upper left corner. In order to facilitate the opponent sitting across the table to watch, there will be an upside-down number in the lower right corner. But because of this, the pattern of the top card has also become a strange image of the top and bottom.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-poker