Elevator ( poker )


1) A cheating move during shuffling of cards, in which the dealer offers the pack to be cut,
but then restores the deck to its original sequence.

2) A form of widow game found only in home games, in which each player is dealt five down
cards, as in draw, followed by a betting round, and then seven cards are arranged in two columns of three, with each turned face up one at a time, plus one card between the two columns (the elevator), turned up last, which can move up or down such that a player can use three across from either column, or either of the three diagonals formed when the elevator is in the middle. Each card exposed is followed by another betting round.
Each player makes the best hand possible by using any combination from his five and up to three from the widow in the manner described. Some play that each player may use only two cards from his hand and must use three from the widow.

3) The movable widow card described in definition 2.