an ace in the hole

(American)

an advantage that you have that other people do not know about The local team has an ace in the hole with their new player.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Esdras	EZ-drəs (English)	Biblical, Biblical Greek
Marcos	MAHR-kos (Spanish), MAR-koos (Portuguese)	Spanish, Portuguese
Thracius	-	Ancient Roman
Victor	VIK-tər (English), veek-TOR (French)	English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Swedish, Late Roman
Taru	TAH-roo	Finnish
Ashling	ASH-ling	Irish