Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Community card poker — Texas hold em deals community cards Community card poker refers to any game of poker that uses community cards (also called shared cards or window cards ), which are cards dealt face up in the center of the table and shared by all players. In… … Wikipedia
Three card poker — (trademarked name) or tricard poker is a poker based game that is played in casinos. It actually consists of two separate games, pairplus and ante and play . The players can choose to play either or both of the games.The History and Strategy of… … Wikipedia
Four card poker — is a relatively new casino card game similar to three card poker, invented by Roger Snow and owned by ShuffleMaster. [ [http://www.shufflemaster.com/02 eu products/entertainment products/table games/four card poker.asp ShuffleMaster: Four Card… … 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 — 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 probability — See also Poker probability (Texas hold em) and Poker probability (Omaha) for probabilities specific to those games. In poker, the probability of each type of 5 card hand can be computed by calculating the proportion of hands of that type among… … Wikipedia
Poker tournament — 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event A home poker tournamen … Wikipedia
Poker Fever — ▪ 2006 By 2005 the disreputable image of card hustlers, seedy card rooms, hard liquor, and concealed pistols long associated with the game of poker had been dispelled as earnest individuals could be seen on planes, trains, and buses poring… … Universalium
poker — English has two words poker. The earlier, poker for a fire [16], is simply the agent noun formed from poke [14], a verb borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German poken ‘thrust, hit’. The card game name [19] originated in the USA, but it is… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
poker — English has two words poker. The earlier, poker for a fire [16], is simply the agent noun formed from poke [14], a verb borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German poken ‘thrust, hit’. The card game name [19] originated in the USA, but it is… … Word origins
