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poker

[poh-ker] / ˈpoʊ kər /


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Most Friday nights, she said, VCs host poker and pickleball games in Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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

So we rolled poker dice out of a deep leather dice-cup.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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