How are the cards dealt in a seven-card stud? Who was the three-time World Champion that won ten major No Limit Hold’em championship events? Poker is a popular, very intricate game almost everyone knows how to play. The game gets competitive quickly, whether you are just playing with plastic chips at home with friends or with coins at a casino.
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Stud poker is usually played with 5 or which other number of cards?
10
9
4
7
When you decide you are not going to continue betting with your hand, what is called?
John Doe
Resign
Death
Fold
A popular form of Hold Em poker is named after which fruit?
Kiwi Fruit
Watermelon
Pineapple
Tangerine
What is the name of the bet which all players make before the hand begins?
Behind
Ante
Back In
Angle
In most versions of poker, how many cards are dealt to each player?
10
6
5
12
What poker term describes the amount of money a player has to wager?
Ante
Bankroll
Behind
Backraise
If your poker hand is ‘cowboys’, you have two of which card?
Nines
Queens
Kings
Jacks
A flush is how many consecutive cards of any suit?
3
6
5
4
What is the name for a card which can be used to represent any other card?
Ante
Dummy
Wild
Blind
The game As Nas, said to be a precursor of poker, originated in which country?
India
China
Canada
Persia
Quads is a term used to describe how many cards of the same rank?
Five
Four
Three
Two
How are the cards dealt in Poker?
Alternate player Clockwise
Three to the left, three to the right
Clockwise
Anti Clockwise
Poker originated in the United States in which century?
19th
20th
16th
18th
Poker Face’ was a hit for Lady Gaga in which year?
2008
2016
2012
2004
What poker technique means betting high on a poor hand?
Blowing
Bluffing
Bleating
Blustering
Planet Poker first offered online gaming in which decade?
2000s
1980s
1990s
1960s
In which century was Poker invented?
21st
19th
11th
8th
Each player is dealt how many cards at the start of a Texas Hold-Em poker game?
3
8
4
2
What poker term means a card which can take on any value?
Wild
Heart
Sort
Low
What is the name of the marker used to indicate which player is dealing?
Back
Bock
Buck
Bick
A ‘full ring’ poker game has the maximom number of how many players?
6
9
5
7
What hand is five cards in sequence, but not of the same suit?
Pairs
Flush
Straight
Full House
Playing cards are thought to have been invented in which country?
India
Mexico
Egypt
China
A dead man’s hand contains two black aces and two of which number card?
6
7
8
5
What is the word for splitting the cards before dealing?
Knife
Part
Slice
Cut
A form of Hold Em poker is named after which town in Nebraska?
Norfolk
Omaha
Lincoln
Columbus
What comes before ‘Flush’ for the best hand in poker?
Royal
Pair
Straight
Full
What is the term meaning all remaining players show their hands and the highest wins?
Smackdown
Showdown
Bleed
Ante
If you want to place more money on a bet in Poker, this is called what?
Stash
Haul
Raise
Bank
Which card has the nicknames J-Boy and Lancelot?
Ace
King
Queen
Jack
What is the proper term for mixing poker cards before dealing?
Skiffle
Snuffle
Scuffle
Shuffle
What phrase means unofficial modifications to standard poker rules adopted by a group of players?
Under Rules
Boat Rules
Castle Rules
House Rules
What is another name for the house, or the person distributing the chips?
Actor
Better
Bank
Insurer
The first World Series of Poker was held in which year?
2000
1980
1990
1970
What poker term means losing all of your chips?
Bent
Broke
Bust
Burned
What is the first bet called in a poker game?
Andi
Ante
Army
Aldi
What is the highest value card in Poker?
One
Jack
Ace
Queen
Complete the name of this famous Poker game. ______ Hold’em
California
Florida
Texas
Nevada
Chinese poker, or Big Two, is usually played by how many people?
6
3
5
4
The World Series of Poker competition is played annually in which city?
Paris
London
New York
Las Vegas
A form of poker is named after which large snake?
Rattlesnake
Boa
Viper
Anaconda
What is another name for the opening bet, or ante?
Opened
Blind
Stake
Showdown
Poker is said to derive from a game called ‘poque’, played in which country?
Norway
France
Germany
Ireland
How many cards are used during Royal Hold ‘Em?
20
26
15
10
What is another name for a forced bet placed by a player?
Lame
Deaf
Dumb
Blind
What term means converting your winning chips to money after a game?
Cashing Down
Cashing Sideways
Cashing Out
Cashing Up
If your poker hand is ‘ducks’ you have a pair of which number?
2
4
8
3
Which card can be high or low?
King
Ace
Queen
Jack
What comes after ‘Card’ to describe a professional poker player?
Blunt
Double
Sharp
Single
What is the lowest value card in a queen high straight flush?
5
10
8
9
If your poker hand is ‘Bullets’, you have a pair of which card?
Jacks
Threes
Aces
Kings
As-Nas, a forerunner of Poker, was played in which part of the world?
South America
Scandinavia
Middle East
Australasia
A full house is how many of a kind, plus a pair?
5
3
2
4
What is the name for the term when players reveal their hands?
Showover
Showthrough
Showup
Showdown
Which singer had a hit with ‘Poker Face’?
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Madonna
Katy Perry
Two variants of poker known as high or low are named after which US city?
Los Angeles
Boston
Chicago
Baltimore
Which number of card has the nicknames Nickel, Pedro or Fever?
6
5
9
7
A hand of ‘quads’ means how many cards of a kind?
2
4
3
5
Poker originated in which country?
New Zealand
United States
Japan
Germany
Wht poker hand ranks between a straight flush and a full house?
High card
Four of a kind
Two pairs
Three of a kind
Which American state comes before ‘straddle’ in a poker betting term?
Florida
Arkansas
Kentucky
Mississippi
Where is the World Series of Poker held?
Atlantic City
Dubai
Macau
Las Vegas
A four-flush is four cards all of the same what?
Colour
Suit
Design
Number
Raccoon, fish and donkey refers to which type of poker player?
Poor
Risk-taker
Experienced
Hesitant
What card is sometimes referred to as ‘the 53rd card in the pack’?
King
Queen
Joker
Ace
What poker term means to lose all your chips?
Ante
Flush
Hold Em
Bust
What is the name of the paid poker players who work to get games going?
Krill
Shill
Still
Shrill
What is the name of the casino employee paid to resolve disputes?
Tableman
Roofman
Floorman
Doorman
A straight flush is how many cards running in sequence?
4
6
5
3
What term refers to the chips put into the center of the table by the players?
Still
Pot
Tell
House
What poker term means to discard your hand?
Fold
Fix
Flop
Front
How many cards are dealt to each player at the start of Texas Hold ‘Em poker?
3
5
2
6
The very best hand in poker is which kind of flush?
Ultimate
Royal
Amazement
Super
What word means a hand containing five cards of the same color?
Riss
Ross
Rass
Russ
What poker term means the same as a plant or a stooge?
Shriek
Stalker
Shill
Shifter
What US state lends its name to a ‘hold ’em’ variant of poker?
California
Florida
Alabama
Texas
What are you said to have if your expression is very blank?
Poker Brain
Poker Eyes
Poker Face
Poker Nose
In a game og Countdown poker, each player starts with how many cards?
7
3
5
6
What is the name usually given to a pile of 20 poker chips?
Stack
Slock
Slack
Stock
What kind of flush is the highest poker hand available?
Royal
Texas
Private
International
What is another name for the dealer token which is passed between players?
Tuck
Buck
Duck
Luck
What poker term means consistently losing chips through playing badly?
Wound
Drift
Bleed
Scar
If your poker hand is ‘Ladies’, you have two of which card?
Jack
Nine
Queen
Eight
The World Series of Poker was first played in which year?
1970
1980
1960
1990
The World Series of Poker has been played annually since which decade?
1980s
1930s
1950s
1970s
Which number of playing card has the nicknames swan or the Curse of Mexico?
5
4
2
9
A straight flush contains how many cards in sequence?
4
3
5
2
What poker term means to increase the bet and carry on playing?
Aces
Call
Fold
Raise
What is the other name for community card poker?
Flip
Shop
Flap
Flop
A high stakes poker game was a central plot in which James Bond movie?
Octopussy
Casino Royale
Dr No
Goldfinger
The pile of discarded cards in Poker is known by what name?
Muck
Action
Depot
Dump
What word means the range between a table’s minimom and maximom bets?
Double
Croupier
Range
Spread
What is the name for the hand of five cards of the same suit, not necessarily in sequence?
Straight
Two Pairs
Flush
Full House
Hindu, Pile and Corgi are types of what?
Casino Design
Shuffle
Betting Strategies
Card Suits
What word means to lay your cards down and stop playing the hand?
Fold
Put Out
Drop
Low
Which word is often used to describe any royal card?
Pony
Pencil
Paint
Purple
Which animal is also poker slang for a weak player?
Donkey
Chicken
Rhino
Rabbit
What word means to pretend you have a better hand than you actually have?
Bottom
Board
Bluff
Barter
Which of the following is not a variation of Poker?
Dallas
Dakota
San Francisco
Chicago
What word means a non-standard hand of five face cards?
Blaze
Chips
Flame
Sparks
What term means a dealer accidentally exposing the cards while dealing?
Short Deal
Misdeal
Under Deal
Updeal
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