big toe

The largest and innermost toe of the human foot.

This is a home poker game where players only receive one hole card. An ante (which should be quite small for this game) is placed into the pot. Each player is then dealt one card face down. After looking at their card, the player to the left of the dealer starts the play by choosing to be "in" or "out". After moving around the table the players who are "in" show their cards. The player with the highest card gets to keep there card, which is left face up. The losing players in that hand have to match the amount of money which is in the pot, and their cards are thrown away. The deck is then passed on to person the the left of the original dealer and they deal each person a card and so on. The first player with three cards face up wins the pot.

SoundPoker Says: In this specific game an Ace is the highest card in the deck. If two players both show the same card then the winning hand is decided by the suit. The order of rank for suits is alphabetically backwards, so spades are best, then hearts, then diamonds, and then clubs. Usually 5 or 6 players is ideal for this game, but it can be played with more or less. When there is a lot of action in this game it can be quite expensive as the pot keeps growing. For example, 5 players each ante $1. Two players are in with Player X holding the king of spades and Player Z holding the king of clubs. Player X wins and Player Z matches the $5 ante to make the pot $10. Next hand Player X is against Players Q and P. Player X wins with the Ace of spades. Subsequently Players Q and P each have to put $10 into the pot bringing the total to $30. Next hand player X goes in and everyone else folds. Player X wins the pot of $30.

See Also: 222, Ante, Downcard, Forced Bet, Home Games, Rank, Suit, Upcard

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the first largest innermost toe
  Synonyms: great toe, hallux