This means that if you got $10 of free credit, you’ll have to play for example 1000 spins at $1 each to roll it over. Note that not all games are allowed to be Synonyms For Poker Face played with the bonus credit, and not all games contribute at the same rate to roll over requirements. For example Blackjack is usually either completely forbidden, or contributes only 5% of each bet. A variant of poker. See main article: stud poker A card dealt face up in stud poker subscription poker Subscription poker is a form of online poker wherein users pay a monthly fee to become eligible to play in real-money tournaments. Suck out A situation when a hand heavily favored to win loses to an inferior hand after all the cards are dealt. Another word for poker face. Find more ways to say poker face, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus. ‘Students usually keep a poker face because they don't want to be called on.’ ‘It's a poker face that's required in this game, and I've never been much good at cards.’ ‘The joy of it is in the sweat and butterflies, the clamped lips and steely eyes of the poker face.’.
English[edit]
A woman with a neutral expression
Noun[edit]
(pluralpoker faces)
- (poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing.
- Though he thought he had a perfect poker face, he had a number of tells his opponents soon learned.
- Any similar expression used to prevent giving away one's motives, feelings, or situation.
- A person who has a poker face
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Translations[edit]
impassive facial expression preventing determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand or of bluffing
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 一本正經(zh), 一本正经(zh)(yīběnzhèngjīng), 面無表情, 面无表情(miànwúbiǎoqíng)
- Danish: pokeransigtn, pokerfjæsn
- Dutch: pokerface(nl)
- Finnish: pokerinaama(fi), pokka(fi)
- French: l'air de rien(fr)
| - Greek: ανέκφραστος(el)m(anékfrastos)
- Hungarian: pókerarc
- Portuguese: cara de pau(pt)c
- Russian: мо́рда кирпичо́мf(mórda kirpičóm), по́кер-фе́йс(ru)m(póker-fɛ́js)
- Spanish: doble caraf, cara de póquerf
- Swedish: pokeransikte(sv)n, pokerface(sv), pokerfejs(sv)
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any similar expression preventing giving away one's motives etc.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 不動聲色(zh), 不动声色(zh)(bùdòng shēngsè)
- Danish: pokeransigtn, pokerfjæsn
- Dutch: pokerface(nl)
- Finnish: pokka(fi)
| - French: l'air de rien(fr)
- Greek: ανέκφραστος(el)m(anékfrastos)
- Spanish: doble caraf, cara de póquerf
- Swedish: pokeransikte(sv)n
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noun
an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
Words Made From Poker
a person who has or deliberately assumes a poker face: It is impossible to tell what that poker face is really thinking.
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The opening line of any book should say, in the words of Stephen King, “Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.” Right? So intriguing! But, alas, that is not how books begin. So, how well do you know the actual opening lines from some of literature's greatest novels? Correctly match these memorable openers with their works of fiction and consider yourself an excellent listener!
“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.”
Origin ofpoker face
OTHER WORDS FROM poker face
Another Word For Poker Faced
poker-faced,adjectiveWords nearby poker face
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Words related to poker face
deadpan, mask, seriousness, straight face, impassivity, inscrutability
British Dictionary definitions forpoker face
noun
Another Word For Poker Facebook
informala face without expression, as that of a poker player attempting to conceal the value of his cards
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Idioms and Phrases withpoker face
A visage lacking any expression that can be interpreted, as in Whenever Betty attended one of her children's performances, she managed to keep a poker face. This term alludes to the facial expression of a poker player who is expert at concealing his feelings about his hand. [c. 1880]
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