counterfeit vs finesse

counterfeit

verb
  • Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board. 

  • To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of. 

noun
  • A non-genuine article; a fake. 

  • One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter. 

adj
  • Inauthentic. 

  • False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. 

  • Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical. 

finesse

verb
  • To play (a card) as a finesse. 

  • To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation. 

  • To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem. 

  • To attempt to win a trick by finessing. 

  • To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. 

noun
  • An adroit manoeuvre. 

  • The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill. 

  • In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over. 

  • Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. 

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