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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Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2025
He was arrested by FBI agents in August 1972 at a poker game in a suburb of Los Angeles.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
If this was a poker game, China may have just called President Donald Trump’s bluff.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 12 May 2025
The protagonists play Ibero-Latin card game Truco instead of poker, national rock bands rift over airwaves to bolster the mood, touches that will certainly translate to broader audiences, yet give the series a distinct, unmistakable local flair.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
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The poker player also had a $1 progressive side bet and a $5 Fortune Bonus side bet and won an additional $25,000.
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2025
He was arrested by FBI agents in August 1972 at a poker game in a suburb of Los Angeles.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
If this was a poker game, China may have just called President Donald Trump’s bluff.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 12 May 2025
The protagonists play Ibero-Latin card game Truco instead of poker, national rock bands rift over airwaves to bolster the mood, touches that will certainly translate to broader audiences, yet give the series a distinct, unmistakable local flair.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 30 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 23 May. 2025.
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