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poker

poker

329 3.0
A card game where players bet on who has the best hand
  • noun
  • /ˈpoʊkər/
: póquer
  • Last night, we gathered around the table to play poker until dawn.
  • play poker
  • a poker game
  • a poker face

Poker players win at poker when they pay attention to the tells.

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Examples

  • Johnno settled back to play poker with some of the road crew.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • - Are you playing poker right now?

  • I love playing poker, so I play poker with friends.

  • Poker players win at poker when they pay attention to the tells.

  • Super fun evening playing poker with my friends.

  • Jack is involved in a poker game at one end of the room.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The lights are on in the kitchen, where the cops are playing poker and watching TV.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • So my husband over there was playing virtual poker with his friends.

  • The best possible hand you can get in poker is five aces.

  • We played a lot of poker and blackjack in Vietnam.

Synonyms

cards
vspoker
146 1.0

Games you play with a set of playing cards

is the betting contest where players risk money to win a shared pot
poker game
vspoker
58 2.7

A card game where players bet on having the best cards

is the specific betting game aiming to win the pot or make others fold
card game
vspoker
40 1.1

A game played with playing cards, for example poker, that often needs skill or luck

is the betting contest aiming to win a shared pot by bluffing
gambling game
vspoker
3 3.4

A game where people bet money and can win or lose

is the card based betting contest focused on hand rank and bluffing
draw poker
vspoker
1 4.2

A type of poker where players discard some cards and get new ones to improve their hand

is the general betting game focused on winning the pot or bluffing
straight poker
vspoker
  • Jargon
1 5.8

A poker game where each player gets five face down cards and cannot take any new ones

is the broader betting game that also includes draw variants

Compounds

58 2.7

A card game where players bet on having the best cards

21 3.0

A person who plays the card game poker, often as a job

poker face
  • Informal
18 4.8

A face that shows no feeling so others cannot tell what you feel

strip poker
  • Offensive
7 7.1

A poker game where players take off clothes when they lose

5 3.0

A small round disk that stands for money in card games like poker

A tall garden plant with long spikes of bright red or orange flowers

1 3.0

A set of five cards a player receives to try to win against others

1 4.2

A type of poker where players discard some cards and get new ones to improve their hand

stud poker
  • Jargon
1 6.3

A poker game where players get some cards face down and some face up, with betting after each card

1 5.8

A poker game where each player gets five face down cards and cannot take any new ones

penny ante poker
  • Informal
1 5.3

A casual card game played for very small amounts of money

1 6.7

A metal rod with a handle for moving burning wood in a stove or fireplace

poker heuchera
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A long-lived plant with heart-shaped leaves at the base and pale greenish flowers on tall stalks from western North America

poker plant
  • South African
1 8.5

A tall plant with red flower spikes that gardeners grow

poker alumroot
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with tough heart-shaped leaves at the base and tall stalks of clustered greenish-white flowers

sea poker
  • Specialized
9.9

A small thin fish with bony plates that lives in deep northern Pacific waters

How Strategic

bridge
44 6.7
poker
329 3.0
rummy
13 4.1
card game
40 1.1
Go Fish
7 3.0

Surface Forms

poker singular
pokers plural

Etymology

Poker for the card game most likely comes from an old French game called poque, which involved betting and bluffing. That's why the name fits the modern game where players bet on their hands and try to win the pot.