Editing Card player (section)

=== Other duties ===
The duties of a  dealer differ from game to game. Their job usually involves distributing cards for games such as [[poker]], [[contract bridge]], [[blackjack]], [[roulette]] or [[skat (card game)|skat]] but may also involve other duties, for example:
 
* [[Contract bridge]]: the dealer is an opener who opens the auction and makes the first call, after which the auction progresses clockwise.
* In [[poker]], the dealer controls the action during a hand and manages the pot.
* In [[blackjack]], a player plays against a dealer, or "house". If the hand of a player is closer to 21 than the dealer's, without going over, the player wins.
* In a three-player [[skat (card game)|skat]] game, the dealer takes on the role of [[rearhand]]. The player sitting on the left of the dealer is called the "forehand", and the player sitting to the dealer's right is called [[middlehand]].