poker

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Annie Duke was at one time among the world’s most successful poker players, winning the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

She’s appeared in Maxim and cleaned up in poker tournaments when that was a thing.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Everyone says I've got a bit of a poker face - so they never know how I'm feeling and stuff.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

I could tell that when my mother agreed to host my dad’s poker game at the house, she didn’t really want to.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass