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 | Mmatthews@al.com, 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

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