Sentence examples for poker terms from inspiring English sources

"In poker terms, Google is the dominating chip stack," Mr. Rohan said.

"Even in the middle of the night, he wakes up screaming out poker terms.

Eventually, Ketchum and the technicians resorted to gibberish, using poker terms, referring to "the dealer" and a "full house," as the BZ-addled soldiers struggled to interpret their code.

Harel's reading is that Netanyahu and Barak have overplayed their hand in poker terms, and have realised they have damaged Israel's relationship with the US for little or no strategic gain.

Both men and women will appreciate cards decorated with diagrams of knots, a pictorial history of guitars, lists of the seven wonders of the world, poker terms or the phonetic alphabet.

The thoughts on poker terms and principles in global politics, and on the application of game theory to fields like cancer research, are interesting, although McManus does sometimes exaggerate or stretch a point.

"Tilt" is the poker term for a spell of insanity that often follows a run of bad luck.

"He's gone all in," said Matt Bennett, vice president of Third Way, a Democratic-oriented advocacy organization, using a poker term.

In 2006, when Alex Rodriguez wanted to assure Yankees fans that the team was serious about winning, he said, "To use a poker term, we're all in.

Sean Quinn, one of the site's writers, identifies this as a "tell"—a poker term referring to a player's unconscious behaviour that gives a clue into what he's doing.

President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party are now, to use a poker term, "all in" on healthcare reform.