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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Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2025
In the Brooklyn prosecution, the Mafia played a major role in the high-end poker games, with mobsters posing as ordinary players at the tables and providing the muscle to collect debts, prosecutors said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
No Warriors were involved, but Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups — as well as Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier — was arrested and charged with scheming to rig underground poker games.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
An X-ray poker table in an image from defendant Robert Stroud's iCloud account.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
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There are two separate cases—one for fraudulent sports betting and the other for rigging poker games—and Jones is a defendant in both.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2025
In the Brooklyn prosecution, the Mafia played a major role in the high-end poker games, with mobsters posing as ordinary players at the tables and providing the muscle to collect debts, prosecutors said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
No Warriors were involved, but Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups — as well as Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier — was arrested and charged with scheming to rig underground poker games.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
An X-ray poker table in an image from defendant Robert Stroud's iCloud account.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Poker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poker. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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