ノーペア

noun

no pair; high card

Poker hand ranking term: a hand with no matching cards, where the highest card determines strength. Often contrasted with ワンペア (one pair).

See also: ハイカード

• ノーペア同どう士しなら、一いち番ばん強つよいカードを持もっている方ほうが勝かちです。

  If both players have no pair, the one with the highest card wins.

• 彼かれはノーペアでもブラフで勝しょう負ぶに出でた。

  Even with a high-card hand, he bluffed and went for the win.