King (card)

The king a playing card featuring a picture of a king. It was ranked in most card games between the and . In blackjack, the king had a face value of ten. () The king of hearts was sometimes called the "suicide king", as on the card, the king appeared to be sticking his sword into his head. () While the king of diamonds was called the "man with the axe," as indicated. ()
In 2152, Hoshi Sato placed her king when playing with other crewmembers at the catwalk. ()
In the fictional card game, fizzbin, a player with two s had "a half fizzbin". In order to get a full fizzbin, they would require "a king and a deuce, except at night of course, when you'd need a queen and a four." ()
During a game of poker aboard the in 2365, Katherine Pulaski called the game rules, "the game is seven card high-low with a buy on the last card. And just to make it interesting the man with the axe takes all" (meaning the hand with the king of diamonds beat all other hands). () 
While playing poker with the senior staff in 2366, Wesley Crusher joked with Data, asking "got another king in the hole, Data?" Data, however, did not see the humor in the comment, and responded, "I am afraid I cannot answer that Wesley. And as you are a newcomer to the game, may I say it is inappropriate for you to ask." ()
In 2368, while the was caught in a temporal causality loop, Data had inadvertently dealt the plays all three of a kind, following their initial three card, including Worf, who received three kings. ()
The following year William T. Riker beat Worf's two a "full boat, kings over" (meaning he had a full house with three kings). () Later that year, Data played a poker game that played down to and Stephen Hawking. Einstein called on what he believed to be Hawking's bluff, but lost, after Hawking revealed his hand to have four sevens and a king. ()
In a holodeck recreation of the created by Reginald Barclay, where he interacted with the crew, he often held poker games in the ship's mess hall. In one particular game, he called the game rules, "deuces, one eyed jacks and suicide kings are wild. Five of a kind beats a straight flush every time." ()
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