poker

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There’s an old gambler’s aphorism beloved by wise souls from Amarillo Slim to Warren Buffett that warns: “If you look around the poker table and can’t identify the mark, it’s you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Clarke, as if playing poker in Vegas, sent on Ben Gannon-Doak, Dykes and Ross Stewart.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

He played poker professionally in Europe for a decade, made at least $143,000, according to Cardplayer.com, and reached two final tables in the World Series of Poker.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Most Friday nights, she said, VCs host poker and pickleball games in Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

His favorite was a type of poker where the players held a single card to their own foreheads so that everyone could see what you had but you.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby