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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Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Organized by Byron Coley, the Forced Exposure critic turned record label owner and jack-of-all-music-trades, the website hosts a selection of Albini’s rare vinyl records, concert posters, weird books, vintage T-shirts, unique artwork, poker items, and more belongings each week for fans to buy.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2025
Are you caught up yet on the NBA poker scandal?
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
The townhouse was one of two Manhattan locations where high-stakes poker games were allegedly fixed by four of the city’s most powerful crime families, including the Gambinos, prosecutors said, according to the Post.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Guests were able to play games like poker, roulette and craps.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Organized by Byron Coley, the Forced Exposure critic turned record label owner and jack-of-all-music-trades, the website hosts a selection of Albini’s rare vinyl records, concert posters, weird books, vintage T-shirts, unique artwork, poker items, and more belongings each week for fans to buy.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2025
Are you caught up yet on the NBA poker scandal?
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
The townhouse was one of two Manhattan locations where high-stakes poker games were allegedly fixed by four of the city’s most powerful crime families, including the Gambinos, prosecutors said, according to the Post.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 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 6 Nov. 2025.
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