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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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poker a card game played by two or more people who bet on the value of the hands dealt to them. A player wins the pool either by having the highest combination at the showdown or by forcing all opponents to concede without a showing of the hand, sometimes by means of bluff. Recorded from the mid 19th century, the word is of US origin, and may be related to German
pochen ‘to brag’.
poker-face an impassive expression that hides one's true feelings, as typical of a poker player.
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Poker Periodicals: How to Hold 'Em
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/10/2005; ; 700+ words
; Daniel Negreanu won $4 million in poker tournaments in 2004, and Card Player magazine named him Player of the Year. Another poker magazine, All In, said Negreanu "might just be the hottest poker player in the world." Recently, Negreanu...
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Poker gaining popularity on UNLV campus
News Wire article from: University Wire; 1/26/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...The Rebel Yell) (U-WIRE) LAS VEGAS -- As fast as bets mount in an episode of "Celebrity Poker Showdown," poker's popularity rises. With poker television shows and online poker tournaments becoming increasingly popular within the last year...
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Poker Pros Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer & Gavin Smith Co-Host Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 2/27/2009; 700+ words
; 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, and the 2005 World Poker Tour Champion Gavin "The People's Champion...playing in The Legends of Basketball Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity event held...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Poker-savvy businesses hope cash is in the cards; As TV programmers scramble to add more poker shows and as casinos and card clubs scrap blackjack in favor of poker tables, retailers are betting poker gear will be hot for the holidays.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 9/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...impressive on TV, but the real money in the poker craze is being made away from the cameras...betting that consumers will ante up for poker gear this Christmas. Casinos and card clubs are scrapping blackjack in favor of poker tables, while TV producers scramble to...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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POKER ATTRACTS MORE THAN JUST THE CARD SHARPS.(LIVING)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/13/1996; 700+ words
; ...green felt, lost in a crowd of 560 or so poker players - some the world's best, all...their chosen field, playing a brand of poker that is a galaxy away from the Tuesday...rounds leading up to the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe Casino, a marathon...
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Poker Legend Back on Top of the 'World' Winning $1.6 Million at The Borgata Winter Open/World Poker Tour Main Event.
PR Newswire; 1/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...Johnny World" Hennigan makes history winning the World Poker Tour (WPT) Main Event at the Borgata Winter Poker Open. Hennigan joins Daniel Negreanu as the only player to win a World Poker Tour title, a World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Bracelet...
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Poker Pro Magazine Plans Major Presence at Canadian Poker Expo.
PR Newswire; 9/29/2009; 626 words
; ...September 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Market-Leading Poker Publication is the Exclusive Magazine Sponsor of Lifestyle Exhibition The Canadian Poker Expo, Canada's only Poker Lifestyle Exhibition, is going to be huge - and...
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Poker Pro Magazine Holds a Winning Hand; Poker Pro Magazine Doubles Circulation and Adds Expert Staff.
Business Wire; 8/3/2005; 646 words
; LAS VEGAS -- Poker Pro Magazine announced today that it must double the press...Publisher Dan Jacobs. "There is a huge demand for quality poker coverage and that is just what Poker Pro provides." Poker Pro's full-color, glossy publication...
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Poker players seeking trump card in lawyers; Legal group offers aid.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...Ramstack, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The nation's poker players are enlisting lawyers to keep them...afoul of gambling laws. A group called the Poker Players Alliance started operating a Litigation...overstepping legal limits while betting on their poker games. With the myriad local, state and...
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Poker Pros Greg 'Fossilman' Raymer & Gavin Smith Co-Host Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 2/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...USNewswire/ -- 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, and the 2005 World Poker Tour Champion Gavin "The People's Champion...playing in The Legends of Basketball Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity event...
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poker
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
poker card game, believed to have originated in...internationally popular social pastime. Basic Rules Poker is fundamentally a gambling game and is played...together to form a pot. The object of all poker games is to win the pot either by holding...
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Outcasts of Poker Flat, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Outcasts of Poker Flat, The, story by Bret Harte , published in 1869 and reprinted in...color fiction. This study of moral contrasts tells of the exile from Poker Flat, a California mining camp of 1850, of the gambler John Oakhurst...
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poker face
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
pok·er face • n. an impassive expression that hides one's true feelings. ∎ a person with such an expression. DERIVATIVES: pok·er-faced adj.
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Tyler, Brian
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...1999. (As Bryan Tyler) Four Dogs Playing Poker (also known as 4 Dogs Playing Poker ), MDP Worldwide, 2000. Panic, Artisan Entertainment...1999. (As Bryan Tyler) Four Dogs Playing Poker (also known as 4 Dogs Playing Poker ), MDP Worldwide...
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SIC 7993 Coin-Operated Amusement Devices
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...that display video games, such as video poker and bingo, for low-stakes gambling...VLT terminals are the same as the video poker machines in Las Vegas, Nevada, except...the gambler the opportunity to play video poker, blackjack, keno, or bingo for a nickel...
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