How to Use poker in a Sentence

poker

noun
  • Then he gets raped with a red-hot poker.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Guests were able to play games like poker, roulette and craps.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Choose from crazy eights, spoons, go fish, or even poker—take your pick.
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • These poker runs get intense and are very fun.
    — Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Try your luck in bingo games, games of chance and a poker tent.
    — Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There, he got sucked in — to blackjack, poker, roulette.
    — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 5 Apr. 2026
  • In poker, that’s called buying the pot.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But are these poker rooms legal?
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Another says that it was won in a game of poker.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The gambler hit a royal flush on the flop in the poker game.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Presti described the entire draft process as a game of poker.
    — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 23 June 2022
  • And poker games with teammates.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Jones was one of three people charged in both the poker and sports betting schemes.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Jones was one of three people charged in both the poker and sports betting schemes.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Jones was one of three people charged in both the poker and sports betting schemes.
    — ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Are poker rooms legal in Texas?
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • She was found hog-tied in her home, having been bludgeoned with a fire poker.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Card games with advanced rules, such as poker, also work.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • None of us belongs to an all-male social club, and none goes to an all-male poker night.
    — David Halberstam, Town & Country, 15 June 2023
  • That surprises me, but the poker stuff?
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Do the coffee drinkers in your life also love a good game of poker or blackjack?
    — Juliet Izon, wsj.com, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Maybe this is why poker players wear dark glasses at the table.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • However, there have been cases where poker clubs fought to stay open and won.
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Keep it chalky To steal a line from the poker team, don’t be the dead money guy in your pool.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
  • In a poker game, the other side doesn’t get to see your pocket hole cards until the call.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Can a nonprofit host a poker night for a fundraiser?
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Cheating at poker is as old as poker itself.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • An unmarked golden door near some roulette and poker tables.
    — Tim McGovern, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In the book, to end the story; in life, to return to Elaine’s and play more poker.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Are you caught up yet on the NBA poker scandal?
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025

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