Fade

In poker parlance, to fade an event is to avoid it, and to fade a card is to avoid having that card be dealt from the deck into the community cards or into a player's hand.

Note this is a slightly different definition than in craps, where to "fade" means to bet against the shooter.

Examples:
 * "In order to win, his pocket aces are going to have to fade a queen, which would give his opponent a set!"
 * "The other player had a monster draw! I had to fade any heart, any eight, or any King!"