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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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Shot in Montana and Oregon, it’s directed by Luc Walpoth, a Swiss filmmaker who just recently directed Hirsch in Dead Money, a poker thriller released stateside by Samuel Goldwyn Films, which also stars Rory Culkin, Peter Facinelli and David Keith.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
The set includes 100 poker chips, a deal marker, a deck of cards, and an instruction booklet that explains the basics.
—L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Card games with advanced rules, such as poker, also work.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Amongst them is a championship poker player, a former COVID crisis nurse, a single father, and a couple of avid concertgoers.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Shot in Montana and Oregon, it’s directed by Luc Walpoth, a Swiss filmmaker who just recently directed Hirsch in Dead Money, a poker thriller released stateside by Samuel Goldwyn Films, which also stars Rory Culkin, Peter Facinelli and David Keith.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
The set includes 100 poker chips, a deal marker, a deck of cards, and an instruction booklet that explains the basics.
—L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2025
Card games with advanced rules, such as poker, also work.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Poker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poker. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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