poker

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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

“You sit down at the poker table and play the cards you were dealt.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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 broke out crying and begging pardon, and hugged Joe round the neck: who dropped the poker to hug me, and to say, “Ever the best of friends; an’t us, Pip? Don’t cry, old chap!”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens