Need definition of "Brick" or Bricks"

[Spanky1974]

What is a "Brick" or what does it mean when a card "Bricks"?

Thanks in advance

[phydaux]

I'd need a little context to be sure, but how I've heard it used is a Turn or River card that is unlikely to help anyone.

For instance, if the Button makes a big pre-Flop raise and the Big Blind calls. The Flop comes Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Now the Big Blind bets and the Button calls. The Turn is 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Based on the beting patterns before and after the Flop, it is highly unlikely the 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] helped either player, so the Turn card is "a brick."

[AKQJ10]

Hold 'em or a lowball/high-low game?

The meaning is as already stated for a high-only game. A brick is an undesirable high card in a lowball or high-low game.

[Spanky1974]

Thanks guys!

[TomTom]

When used for hold-em, a brick is a turn or river card very unlikely to help anyone.

Example: flop is Th Qh 8s, putting both flush and straight draws on board. A 5d on the turn would be a be a brick, as it completes neither the flush or the strraight, and isn't a high card.

[AKQJ10]

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When used for hold-em, a brick is a turn or river card very unlikely to help anyone.

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Synonym for blank, incidentally.