poker

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Over more than two decades as a professional gambler, Tony Bloom made his fortune playing high-stakes poker, wagering on soccer and cricket, and honing an approach so coldblooded that he was nicknamed “The Lizard.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Winning a poker hand doesn’t mean you played it well.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

She’s appeared in Maxim and cleaned up in poker tournaments when that was a thing.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Everyone says I've got a bit of a poker face - so they never know how I'm feeling and stuff.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

She had a brooch on her lapel that looked like a spread of poker chips, with WINNER’S in shiny gold across the arch, but it was pinned crooked.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth