professional poker

collocation in English

meaningsofprofessionalandpoker

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professional
adjective
uk
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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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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(Definition ofprofessionalandpokerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprofessional poker

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Manyprofessionalpokerplayers desire the recognition that is associated with the bracelet.
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Both in college and graduate school he was aprofessionalpokerplayer and did active financial trading for his own account.
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He is also a cricket commentator and aprofessionalpokerplayer.
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The participants on the show include bothprofessionalpokerplayers and amateur players.
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He left hisprofessionalpokercareer in the 1980s to put his business degree to work.
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Before becoming a software developer, he was aprofessionalpokerplayer.
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Mostprofessionalpokerplayers would alter their normal playing style to adapt to this aspect if they were to enter a bounty tournament.
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He quickly began representing a number ofprofessionalpokerplayers, just as the sport was experiencing a cultural revival.
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Viewers were captivated by the dark, smoky, intimate studio atmosphere and the quirky characters of theprofessionalpokerplayers sat around the table.
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In 1990, he became a full-timeprofessionalpokerplayer.
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He left college after two years to become a full-timeprofessionalpokerplayer.
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Garrett is still prominent within stand-up comedy and is also aprofessionalpokerplayer.
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He aspired to be aprofessionalpokerplayer.
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She has earned money as aprofessionalpokerplayer since 2005.
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He is a soccer coach and aprofessionalpokerplayer.
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Dozens ofprofessionalpokerplayers appear in the film.
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An incident where aprofessionalpokerplayer cited the book as the impetus to become a pro is in the book's epilogue.
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He later became a broadcast color analyst and aprofessionalpokerplayer.
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At the age of 37, he became aprofessionalpokerplayer.
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