Illustration of poker
- 1 five of a kind
- 2 royal flush
- 3 straight flush
- 4 four of a kind
- 5 full house
- 6 flush
- 7 straight
- 8 three of a kind
- 9 two pair
- 10 one pair
: any of several card games in which a player bets that the value of his or her hand is greater than that of the hands held by others, in which each subsequent player must either equal or raise the bet or drop out, and in which the player holding the highest hand at the end of the betting wins the pot
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Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Jose Vazquez co-owned a local poker club with his wife, who knew Arambula, the Los Angeles Times reported.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Why was her money going to cover some online poker tournament?
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
However, the husband still commutes to work and stays in their previous hometown overnight on Mondays to play poker.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
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The Vegas episode is just a riot — the racetrack, poker, strip club, getting detained and put in handcuffs.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Jose Vazquez co-owned a local poker club with his wife, who knew Arambula, the Los Angeles Times reported.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Why was her money going to cover some online poker tournament?
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
However, the husband still commutes to work and stays in their previous hometown overnight on Mondays to play poker.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for poker
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“Poker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poker. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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