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• poker — poker1 /poh keuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that pokes. 2. a metal rod for poking or stirring a fire. [1525 35; POKE1 + ER1] poker2 /poh keuhr/, n. a card game played by two or more persons, in which the players bet on the value of their hands,… …   Universalium

• Poker equipment — The following is a list of equipment used for a game of poker:* Cards: Standard playing cards are used. In home games it is common to have two decks with distinct backs, and to shuffle the unused deck while each hand is in progress. Casinos… …   Wikipedia

• Poker — is a type of card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination ( hand ) in their possession, by placing a bet into a central pot. The winner is the one who holds the hand with the highest value according to an established hand… …   Wikipedia

• Poker strategy — is a complex subject. This article only attempts to introduce basic strategy concepts. The fundamental theorem of pokerThe fundamental theorem of poker, introduced by David Sklansky, states that every time you play your hand the way you would if… …   Wikipedia

• Poker Square — (sometimes known either by its plural or Poker Solitaire) is a solitaire card game with a very unusual objective: to build the best poker hand using just 25 cards from the deck.The game starts with placing a card onto a space in a 5x5 grid.… …   Wikipedia

• Poker on television — Poker television programs have been extremely popular in the last several years, especially in North America and Europe. This has especially become the case since the invention of the pocket cam in 1997 (and its first use in the United States in… …   Wikipedia

• Cards speak — ( for themselves ) is used in two poker contexts:First, it is used to describe a high low split game without a declaration. That is, in a cards speak game, players all reveal their hands at the showdown, and whoever has the highest hand wins the… …   Wikipedia

• Poker — Pok er, n. [Of uncertain etymol.] A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States. Johnson s Cyc. [1913 Webster] Note: A poker hand is played with a poker deck, composed of fifty two cards, of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Poker calculator — Poker calculators are algorithms which through probabilistic (see Poker probability) or statistical (via a Monte Carlo method) means derive a player s chance of winning, losing, or tying a poker hand.Given the complexities of poker and the… …   Wikipedia

• Poker Game — was a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right . Played from September 9, 1975 (aired out of sequence on September 12) to May 10, 2007, it was played for four prizes, each worth between $300 and $999. It is based on… …   Wikipedia

• poker — ☆ poker1 [pō′kər ] n. [< ? Ger pochspiel, lit., game of defiance < pochen, to defy, orig., to push (< MHG bochen, puchen, akin to LowG poken, POKE1) + spiel, game] a card game in which the players bet on the value of their hands (of five …   English World dictionary