How to Use poker in a Sentence

poker

noun

• The cash games are held in the poker room at the Encore, which is known as the Wynn poker room.
  — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Legend has it that H. L. Hunt won the lease to his first oil field in a poker game.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• Because in the pilot of ‘Two and a Half Men,’ there was a poker scene.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Presti described the entire draft process as a game of poker.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
• In a poker game, the other side doesn’t get to see your pocket hole cards until the call.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
• The Pads are playing poker and standing pat with the Devil’s Hand.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• None of us belongs to an all-male social club, and none goes to an all-male poker night.
  — David Halberstam, Town & Country, 15 June 2023
• The boys pass the time wisecracking and playing 10-cent ante poker.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022
• Do the coffee drinkers in your life also love a good game of poker or blackjack?
  — Juliet Izon, wsj.com, 26 Sep. 2023
• The murder weapons were a fireplace poker, a cast-iron fireplace kettle and a conch shell.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2023
• The eight-foot-long table has a burn mark where, the story goes, a lantern overturned one night during a poker game.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], al, 6 Oct. 2022
• The grill comes with both a collapsible frame log rack and a poker, as well as a spacious 24-inch cooking grate.
  — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
• Being dealt a royal flush A royal flush is the best hand in poker, consisting of a 10, jack, queen, king, and ace of the same suit.
  — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• The Tavern), there are 105 high-limit slots and video poker machines.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
• Lefkowitz himself started gambling at the age of 9 and was playing poker with his friends at 12.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
• In the finale, Rivers bested poker player Annie Duke for the win.
  — Nancy Mattia, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
• The film opens with a poker game in Los Angeles at the home of Debbie (Witherspoon).
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023
• Maybe this is why poker players wear dark glasses at the table.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• Your Tundra won it in a game of poker, or hunted it with a bow and arrow, because that's what tough trucks do.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 12 Oct. 2021
• For The Times) 6/7 Hart plays poker in Vegas; gambling is one of his favorite pastimes.
  — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
• Try a standing date, like Taco Tuesdays or a weekly poker night, where any member of your group can pop by.
  — Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2023
• The plan starts with getting an invite, in this case by showing off poker bona-fides at an underground game in NYC.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• Were the actors really playing a full game of poker while the camera hovered over the table?
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 21 Apr. 2023
• Make tending to the fire easier with pokers, shovels, tongs, ash buckets, and more.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2023
• The set includes 100 poker chips, a deal marker, a deck of cards, and an instruction booklet that explains the basics.
  — L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
• Mitch Hedberg, the comedian, was in that poker game scene as the road manager for the Eagles.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
• Alexander didn’t need a primer on how to play the company’s poker offering.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• Those getaways can serve as an incubator, a place where in between all the trash talk and poker games, things are getting done.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2023
• In the back of the plane, a fiercely competitive game of poker was becoming heated.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
• Other selling points include a two-tier basement with a full bar, pool room, and poker table.
  — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024