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 their own 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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Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Instructor George Bullette, RSF Senior Center board president, brings years of poker experience and will guide you through basic rules and strategies in a real game setting.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
These poker runs get intense and are very fun.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
The testosterone is palpable in this high-stakes poker game, as thick beards mask the faces of nearly half the cast (that goes for Damon, Affleck and co-star Kyle Chandler, at least).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Sometime after moving to Vegas for an academic job in his twenties, Ted hit his first jackpot on a video poker machine, pocketing a thousand bucks—then got another big win less than a week later.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Instructor George Bullette, RSF Senior Center board president, brings years of poker experience and will guide you through basic rules and strategies in a real game setting.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
These poker runs get intense and are very fun.
—Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
The testosterone is palpable in this high-stakes poker game, as thick beards mask the faces of nearly half the cast (that goes for Damon, Affleck and co-star Kyle Chandler, at least).
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Poker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poker. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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