But, of course, I don't know what terminology was used on the American and Australian ships which Melville variously sailed on, deserted from and mutinied on. I might have remarked that an association with the sea could certainly arise from Jack, but I might also have suggested it is a bit of a stretch to get from aloft and alow or below (nautical terms) to high and low (not nautical terms). Either team up with a NeuralPlay AI partner or play. If the question had been 'what is meant by a nautical flavor?' I would have phrased my posts differently. Play the popular card games Pitch (High Low Jack), Auction Pitch (Setback), Smear, Pedro, and Pidro. Not part of the question, but included in the quoted text, is the nautical connotation that Melville attributed to the game. As a casino card game, High-Low is as easy as they come. The game, as it happens, was recorded before the first recorded use of Jack to mean a sailor. You can start opening up your starting hand ranges a little bit more, however. Like the early positions, the Lojack and Hijack play with several positions still remaining to act after them in each round. The words high and low in the name of the game have no nautical connection whatsoever. In a six-max game, the Lojack acts first preflop and can alternately be called Under-the-Gun.

The name also includes Jack, being a card in the pack which, when a trump, has a significant role in the play of a hand.

The answer is that the words refer to the high and low trump cards in the game, thereby giving it one of its names. Enkidu68 asked what was meant by high and low.

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