What Is the Player to Your Right Called in Card Games? (RHO)

The player to your right is universally called your right-hand opponent (RHO) or simply right opponent.

Game-Specific Terms

• Bridge: Your RHO is your partner (partnerships sit N/S vs E/W).
• Hearts/Spades/Euchre: RHO is an opponent; passes cards to you in some variants.
• Poker: "Player on your right" or "direct odds" (positional term).
• Magic: The Gathering (multiplayer): "Right neighbor" – relevant for "attacks left/right" effects.

Why It Matters

• Card passing: Many games (Hearts, 13, President) pass to the left, meaning you receive from your RHO.
• Turn order: Play proceeds clockwise → your RHO acts immediately before you.
• Information advantage: You see their play before deciding yours.
• Partnership games: RHO is partner (Bridge) or opponent (most others).

Memory aid: "Right-hand opponent" → RHO. Standard notation in bridge columns and strategy articles.