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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Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
Skeletons, skulls, roses, turtles, bears, trains, poker hands, and lightning bolts, plus a near-infinite array of Jerrys, Garcia in all his guises, including the synecdoche of the missing right middle finger: all of it fodder for shop and shrine.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Powerball drawing: Lottery News:Chiefs fan wins $1.6M on Vegas poker game after Kansas City beat Baltimore
Powerball winning numbers for 09/21/2024
The winning numbers for Saturday Sept. 21 were 17, 19, 21, 37 and 45 with a Powerball of 14.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024
However, mandating five days in the office is like showing up to a poker game with a handful of jokers and expecting to win.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Wood-burning fire pits usually come with a poker and a spark guard.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
Skeletons, skulls, roses, turtles, bears, trains, poker hands, and lightning bolts, plus a near-infinite array of Jerrys, Garcia in all his guises, including the synecdoche of the missing right middle finger: all of it fodder for shop and shrine.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Powerball drawing: Lottery News:Chiefs fan wins $1.6M on Vegas poker game after Kansas City beat Baltimore
Powerball winning numbers for 09/21/2024
The winning numbers for Saturday Sept. 21 were 17, 19, 21, 37 and 45 with a Powerball of 14.
—Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2024
However, mandating five days in the office is like showing up to a poker game with a handful of jokers and expecting to win.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Poker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poker. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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