poker game

collocation in English

meaningsofpokerandgame

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poker
noun
uk
/ˈpəʊ.kər/us
/ˈpoʊ.kɚ/
a game played with cards in which people try to win money from ...
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game
noun
uk
/ɡeɪm/us
/ɡeɪm/
an entertaining activity or sport, especially one played by children, or the equipment needed for such ...
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(Definition ofpokerandgamefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpoker game

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They have been playing a kind ofpokergame.
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They have nothing to offer; they are not in thepokergame.
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That is probably because, in reality, he is engaged in a large and complexpokergame.
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Inevitably, that will be the bigpokergameof the pharmaceutical world.
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First, we need to stop playing thepokergamewhen we arrive at conferences by leaving every decision to be dealt with in four days flat.
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Collusion is not limited to online play but can occur in anypokergamewith three or more players.
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This is the first time that a game within a game has become an integral part of an onlinepokergame.
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Nevertheless, the strategy employed tends to be vastly different from a multi-handedpokergame.
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The genetic implications can be illustrated by considering the analogy of a high stakespokergamewith a crooked dealer.
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Watching from the rail means watching apokergameas a spectator.
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Maybe he lost his undies in apokergame?
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He gets a tryout as a drummer, but spends 24 hours straight dealing apokergame.
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Gaga attends a wild party where every man and woman tries their luck on a strippokergame.
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As the senior staff plays their regularpokergame, they reflect on the future the captain told them, to prevent them from drifting apart.
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He retells the story of how he was cheated in thepokergame.
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Out of that $500 she will keep with her, what she lost in thepokergame.
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Thepokergamecan either change by round or by time.
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His interest in the game of poker first developed when he lost all his money at apokergamethat a friend had hosted.
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An offer of an alternative deal goes nowhere and anotherpokergameis cited.
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Bree returns home from apokergameand is revealed to now be a businesswoman after the success of a cookbook she created.
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