poker

Example Sentences

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As Warren Buffett wrote, “If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

And whatever their failures are, that ends up being their ruling attribute to their poker game, as it were.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Hassabis generally thought of himself as a chess player rather than a poker player.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

A group of young people sheltered under a thatched hut by the side of the road, absorbed in a game of poker.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

“Shady won it in last night’s poker game. Want to take it for a spin?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool