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Definition of Poker
Poker

One who pokes.

That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.

A poking-stick.

The poachard.

A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States.

Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to haunt the darkness; a bugbear.

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Poker Quotations

Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead.
Jackie Robinson

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
Steven Wright

I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.
Al Alvarez

When I play poker, I don't like losing the pot.
Drew Carey

If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.
Vannevar Bush

Poker Translations

poker in Dutch is poker
poker in French is tisonnier
poker in Swedish is eldgaffel


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