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adjective

Characterized by luck or good fortune: fortunate, happy, providential. See luck/misfortune/chance.

adj

Definition: fortunate, opportune
Antonyms: bad, inopportune, unfortunate, unlucky, unpropitious, unsuccessful

An unexplained entity some players possess at certain times in a poker game, as a result they continue to get good cards, or catch good cards resulting in winning a lot of money regardless of the poker game they are playing.

SoundPoker Says: You should be weary if a player is lucky. If you are playing poker against a lucky player, the best strategy is to continue playing in the fashion that makes you successful. Even if this means coming back on a different day.

See Also: Bad Beat, Catching a Card, Fit the Flop, Rush, Tilt

IN BRIEF: Producing a good result by chance.

Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction. — Ashleigh Brilliant.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - heldig, som bringer held

idioms:

• count oneself lucky    prise sig lykkelig
• lucky dip    lykkepose, fiskedam
• strike it lucky    have held med sig, have heldet med sig
• strike lucky    have held med sig, have heldet med sig
• third time lucky    alle gode gange tre

Nederlands (Dutch)
gelukkig, (schijnbaar) gelukgevend, toevallig

Français (French)
adj. - chanceux, porte-bonheur

idioms:

• count oneself lucky    s'estimer heureux
• lucky dip    (GB) (être) une loterie/une question de chance, pêche miraculeuse (foire)
• strike it lucky    décrocher le gros lot
• strike lucky    décrocher le gros lot
• third time lucky    la troisième fois sera la bonne

Deutsch (German)
adj. - glücklich

idioms:

• count oneself lucky    sich glücklich schätzen
• lucky dip    Glückstopf, Glücksspiel
• strike it lucky    Glück haben
• strike lucky    Glück haben
• third time lucky    beim dritten Versuch erfolgreich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τυχερός

idioms:

• count oneself lucky    θεωρώ ότι είμαι τυχερός
• lucky dip    σακούλι λαχνών (τόμπολας κ.λπ.), κλοπή αποσκευών κατά τη φόρτωση ή εκφόρτωση επιβατικών αεροσκαφών
• strike it lucky    πιάνω την καλή
• strike lucky    πιάνω την καλή
• third time lucky    τρίτη και τυχερή

Italiano (Italian)
fortunato

idioms:

• be lucky    essere fortunato
• count oneself lucky    considerarsi fortunato
• lucky dip    pesca, lotteria
• strike (it) lucky    fare un colpo fortunato
• third time lucky    vincitore alla terza prova

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sortudo

idioms:

• be lucky    ser sortudo
• count oneself lucky    considerar-se sortudo
• lucky dip    maré (f) de sorte (fig.)
• strike (it) lucky    dar sorte
• third time lucky    a terceira tentativa dá sempre certo

Русский (Russian)
удачливый, счастливый, приносящий счастье

idioms:

• be lucky    иметь счастье
• count oneself lucky    считать себя счастливчиком
• lucky dip    род лотереи на благотворительных базарах
• strike (it) lucky    поймать удачу за хвост
• third time lucky    третья успешная попытка

Español (Spanish)
adj. - afortunado, dichoso, feliz, propicio, favorable

idioms:

• count oneself lucky    considerarse afortunado
• lucky dip    caja de las sorpresas, pesca milagrosa
• strike it lucky    tener suerte, estar de suerte, tener un golpe de suerte
• strike lucky    tener suerte, estar de suerte, golpe de suerte
• third time lucky    ¡a la tercera va la vencida!

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - som har tur, med tur, lyckad, lyckosam, lycklig, tursam, lycko-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
幸运的, 好运的, 吉祥的

idioms:

• count oneself lucky    算是很幸运
• lucky dip    摸彩袋, 运气袋
• strike it lucky    走运
• strike lucky    交上好运
• third time lucky    第三次会有好运

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 幸運的, 好運的, 吉祥的

idioms:

• count oneself lucky    算是很幸運
• lucky dip    摸彩袋, 運氣袋
• strike it lucky    走運
• strike lucky    交上好運
• third time lucky    第三次會有好運

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 운이 좋은 , 행운인, 우연한 , 충분한

idioms:

• count oneself lucky    행운으로 여기다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 幸運な, 幸運をもたらす

idioms:

• be lucky    運のいい, 幸せな
• lucky dip    福引き袋

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) محظوظ, حسن الحظ, سعيد, مواتي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בר-מזל, מוצלח‬

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