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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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
There are four ensuite bedrooms, a gym, an office, a meeting room, a recreation room with a bar and a comfortable place to play poker between the two immaculate garages.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025
But while card games like poker, or the popular Argentinian game Truco, can raise the stakes, Dacus also recommends wandering through museums.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Chips and cards are provided, and ongoing open poker play will be available for beginners.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
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Before Clint enters a back-room poker game in the store where the enforcer needs to shake down one of the players, Hank runs down the top five underdog movies of all time.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
There are four ensuite bedrooms, a gym, an office, a meeting room, a recreation room with a bar and a comfortable place to play poker between the two immaculate garages.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025
But while card games like poker, or the popular Argentinian game Truco, can raise the stakes, Dacus also recommends wandering through museums.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Chips and cards are provided, and ongoing open poker play will be available for beginners.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 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 18 Apr. 2025.
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