poker

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Annie Duke was at one time among the world’s most successful poker players, winning the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

When Blackstone executive Martin Brand invited a team to his home in the West Village to play poker one evening in 2012, Rao beat his bosses in a winner-takes-all game.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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

Nali used a metal poker to scooch bright embers underneath the kettle, rustling up embers that floated like fireflies.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young