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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Annabelle Gurwitch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Acorn Ridge Casino has more than 400 slot machines and games including baccarat, Blackjack and four card poker.
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What the city needed almost as much as martini glasses and poker chips were entertainers.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
Instructor George Bullette, Senior Center board president, brings years of poker experience and will guide you through basic rules and strategies in a real game setting.
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In the industry, he was widely known as the unofficial mayor of show business, a die-hard poker player, a game night impresario and a complete original.
—Annabelle Gurwitch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026
Acorn Ridge Casino has more than 400 slot machines and games including baccarat, Blackjack and four card poker.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026
What the city needed almost as much as martini glasses and poker chips were entertainers.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
Instructor George Bullette, 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, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Poker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poker. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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