poker game

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poker game - any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

card game, cards - a game played with playing cards

draw poker, draw - poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer; "he played only draw and stud"

high-low - poker in which the high and low hands split the pot

penny ante poker, penny ante - poker played for small stakes

straight poker - poker in which each player gets 5 cards face down and bets are made without drawing any further cards

strip poker - poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing

stud poker, stud - poker in which each player receives hole cards and the remainder are dealt face up; bets are placed after each card is dealt

raise - increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your raise and double it"

poker face - a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player)

jackpot, kitty, pot - the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)

ante - (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot

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This is the fifth feature-length book adaptation for Sorkin in a row (from Molly Bloom's memoir, Molly's Game: The True Story of the 26-Year-Old Woman Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World ) and how he picks and chooses what to keep, cut and add from the original source material has turned into such an art-form that there's no mistake about it, these are Sorkin's words.

Film Review: Molly's Game ***

Molly Bloom thought she had dealt herself a winning hand in 2009 as hostess of Hollywood's most exclusive poker game with a $50,000 stake to sit at a table frequented by film stars, directors and business titans.

MOLLY'S GAME[...]

However, like some of the people around Molly's table, he bluffs his way towards a for Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom and Idris Elba as Charlie Jaffey Molly surveys a highstakes poker game

MOLLY'S GAME (15) ... .. [...]

Molly Bloom thought she had dealt herself a winning hand in 2009 as hostess of Hollywood's most exclusive poker game with a 50,000 US dollar stake to sit at a table frequented by film stars, directors and business titans.

Film in cinemas /Molly's Game

Molly Bloom thought she had dealt herself a winning hand in 2009 as hostess of Hollywood's most exclusive poker game, with a $50,000 stake to sit at a table frequented by film stars, directors and business titans.

MOLLY'S GAME (15) ******

Now he runs an illegal poker game, but resists the urge to play.

Shoot the Moon

Molly Bloom, a beautiful young Olympic-class skier, ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons.

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Jessica Chastain radiates power in the true-to-life story of a woman who formed a high-stakes poker game that counted the world's elite as its players.