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POKER GAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
Synonyms:
poker; poker game
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("poker game" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Domain member category:
raise (increasing the size of a bet (as in poker))
poker face (a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player))
jackpot; kitty; pot (the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker))
ante ((poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poker game"):
draw; draw poker (poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer)
high-low (poker in which the high and low hands split the pot)
penny ante; penny ante poker (poker played for small stakes)
straight poker (poker in which each player gets 5 cards face down and bets are made without drawing any further cards)
strip poker (poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing)
stud; stud poker (poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt)
