poker game
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈpoʊkər ɡeɪm/
:
póker
- After dinner, we gathered around the table to start our weekly poker game.
- high-stakes poker game
- play a poker game
- win a poker game
What if Teddy had to host a poker game outside of his legal gambling club?
- What if Teddy had to host a poker game outside of his legal gambling club?
- I think that was a mistake, but sometimes in a poker game a bluff wins the pot.
- What would you call Michael if he was trying to deceive players in a poker game?
- Like in the math of poker, we solved ace, king, queen, you know, paper, but kind of like a real poker game's been solved.
- I had AI had a, a spot naturally, where it was a very important and big poker game.
Examples
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Then he saw the poker game: five grizzled, middle-aged men sitting around a card table.
Fiction book (1997) -
I have a poker game at the house every Saturday with a couple of guys you know.
Fiction book (1999) -
What did you do after the poker game?
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Thanks to you, I missed my poker game.
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You would really clean up at my poker game.
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Jack is involved in a poker game at one end of the room.
Fiction book (1990) -
The poker game was still going, though that was the only sign of life.
Fiction book (1998) -
He's gonna be a little late for the poker game tomorrow.
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I hear there's a friendly poker game on this train.
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She has her poker game this afternoon but she said we could stop by tomorrow morning.
Synonyms
396
3.0
A card game where players bet on who has the best hand
43
1.1
A game played with playing cards, for example poker, that often needs skill or luck
9
3.7
An activity where luck decides the result, like a lottery or roulette
5
1.0
Games you play with a set of playing cards
1
2.6
A game played on a table like a board game or card game
1
3.4
A game where people bet money and can win or lose
1
6.3
A poker game where players get some cards face down and some face up, with betting after each card
1
4.2
A type of poker where players discard some cards and get new ones to improve their hand
1
5.8
A poker game where each player gets five face down cards and cannot take any new ones
How High-Stakes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a game of poker' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'poker' (a specific card game) with 'game' (a recreational contest). This simple noun+noun structure is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Poker game brings to mind people sitting around a table with cards and chips, quietly 'betting' and sometimes pretending to have a strong hand to trick others. That's why a poker game means a card game where players 'bet' on who has the 'highest hand'.