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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Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
The trio would play poker on set, eventually graduating to Bulgarian casinos.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
However, not all of their baccarat or video poker sections will share that variety.
—Christopher Gerlacher, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
When push comes to shove, however, most of these companies folded like a poker player with a bad hand.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Jamie Torrance, a psychologist studying gambling at Swansea University in Wales, chalks this up to the machines’ incredible pace—unlike in a game of poker or blackjack, only seconds pass between placing a bet and winning or losing.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
The trio would play poker on set, eventually graduating to Bulgarian casinos.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2025
However, not all of their baccarat or video poker sections will share that variety.
—Christopher Gerlacher, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
When push comes to shove, however, most of these companies folded like a poker player with a bad hand.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Poker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poker. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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