poker

Example Sentences

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Again reading from a statement, Jones said that, based on conversations with his co-conspirators at poker games, “I knew these games were rigged and that players were being cheated.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

And whatever their failures are, that ends up being their ruling attribute to their poker game, as it were.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Hassabis generally thought of himself as a chess player rather than a poker player.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

A group of young people sheltered under a thatched hut by the side of the road, absorbed in a game of poker.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

We played poker for toothpicks, as though they were gold pieces.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson