In a poker game you do not want to let your opponents know if your cards are good or bad.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Organizers of the World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas say attendance was up twenty percent from last year.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

It is often a winning card. In one kind of poker game, the first card to each player is given face down.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

It is surprising how many expressions that Americans use every day came from the card game of poker.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

They said they were not sure about his decision to withdraw from university studies to play poker.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

He set one by playing poker for seventy-two hours, which was a record for that card game.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

To take part in a card game such as poker, my friend would have to ante up.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

He says he is going spend the next few months playing in European poker events but also having fun with his friends and family.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

For example, you hear the expression, ace in the hole, used by many people who would never think of going near a poker table.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

This week on our program,we deal with the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas,Nevada.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

People now use poker face in everyday speech to describe someone who shows no emotion.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

In poker and most card games, the ace is the highest and most valuable card.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

They represent money. A poker player may,at any time, decide to leave the game.

VOA: special.2010.01.17

He says the many websites for online poker help card players sharpen their skills.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

A poker face never shows any emotion, never expresses either good or bad feelings.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

In poker, you bluff when you bet heavily on a poor hand.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

Jack Effel is tournament director of the World Series of Poker.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

The winner also gets a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Last year,the World Series of Poker produced its youngest champion yet.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Someone who has a poker face usually is good at bluffing.

VOA: special.2011.02.06

So having a poker face is important.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

"I think poker has spread like wildfire. Obviously the ability to play online, to learn more about the game,you know, from the comfort of your own home definitely, probably increased it more than anything else."

VOA: special.2010.07.26