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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Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
The House has started moving forward with a proposal that would eliminate a requirement that the state’s two remaining thoroughbred horse tracks hold races to be able to offer other types of gambling, such as poker.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
This class is ideal for absolute beginners with no prior poker experience.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
To use a poker analogy, Apple has called the UK’s bluff against a glare of negative publicity.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
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In 2020, Just and her daughter Juliette launched the Poker Power platform to teach women and girls how to play the game, and how to use the lessons from poker to succeed professionally.
—Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
The House has started moving forward with a proposal that would eliminate a requirement that the state’s two remaining thoroughbred horse tracks hold races to be able to offer other types of gambling, such as poker.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025
This class is ideal for absolute beginners with no prior poker experience.
—Kris Slugg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
To use a poker analogy, Apple has called the UK’s bluff against a glare of negative publicity.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Poker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poker. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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