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POKER GAME

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English dictionary: Word overview

POKER GAME (noun)
  The noun POKER GAME has 1 sense:

1. any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

  Familiarity information: POKER GAME used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


POKER GAME (noun)


Sense 1poker game [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

poker game; poker

Hypernyms ("poker game" is a kind of...):

card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)

Domain member category:

raise (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker))

poker face (a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player))

jackpot; kitty; pot (the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker))

ante ((poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poker game"):

draw; draw poker (poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer)

high-low (poker in which the high and low hands split the pot)

penny ante; penny ante poker (poker played for small stakes)

straight poker (poker in which each player gets 5 cards face down and bets are made without drawing any further cards)

strip poker (poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing)

stud; stud poker (poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt)


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