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

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

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

VOA: special.2010.01.17

"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