: any of several card games in which a player bets that the value of their own 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
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
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Noun
Gambit, a free online poker website where players can learn the game without risking any real money.—
Stevie Bonifield,
The Verge,
30 Aug. 2026 Similar games that bring friends together include bunco, poker, bridge, and rummikub.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
29 Aug. 2026 Red hot poker, Japanese anemone, and New England aster add vibrant color and texture to autumn gardens.—
Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
29 Aug. 2026 The author is a journalist and marketing executive working on a memoir about poker and love.—
Andrea Javor,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for poker
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Etymology
Noun (2)
probably modification of French poque, a card game similar to poker