Seven-Toed Pete

[Laurence Horn]

I've never heard that, but there's a variant called three-toed Pete, a three-card poker game in which straights beat flushes, and trips (three of a kind) beats both, the motivation being that in three cards the probability of achieving these hands is the reverse of what it is with five-card hands.

LH



On Mar 26, 2013, at 8:58 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Means "seven-card stud." Not in OED. I heard it in the late '50s and
> brought it to the attention of the List in 2005.
>
> 1919 _Evening Herald_ (Klamath Falls, Ore.) (Aug. 13) 4: Nifty with the
> cards, especially Seven-Toed Pete.
>
> 1922 _Bellingham Herald_ (June 28) 9: Black-jack, faro, roulette,
> seven-toed Pete, draw, African golf and crackola.
>
> JL
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