cardplayers
Poker table regulars
Cardplayers are people who play card games.
The word usually implies some regularity or skill rather than casual participation—a group that gathers weekly for poker, or someone known for their bridge expertise: The cardplayers occupied the back table every Thursday night.
Intentionally expressionless look
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- bettingStaking money on outcomes
- stakesPosts or wagers
- chipsThin fried slices
pot · raise · fold · call · tells · hustler · high roller · winnings
Social gambling evening
- bridge clubGroup playing trick-taking game
- rummyDrunkard or card game
- canastaWoven carrying container
- game nightCasual play gathering
shuffling · dealing · kitchen table · social gathering · penny ante · family gathering · euchre · spades
Post-Impressionist French painter
- paintingPigment on canvas
- still lifeArt of inanimate objects
- tableauStriking pictorial arrangement
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
concentration · portraiture · lamplight · smoke · hats · Victorian · leisure · bourgeois
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- sponsorFunder of activities
- rankingsOrdered list by performance
- prize moneyAward given to winners
circuit · strategy · competitor · bracelet · televised · commentator · final table · buy-in
Drinking establishment, often frontier
- riverboatShallow-draft inland watercraft
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
- gentlemanCourteous, honorable man
- parlorFormal room for visitors
Victorian era · gaming house · Monte Carlo · aristocracy · dandies · tavern · inn · smoking room
poker face
Intentionally expressionless look
chips · pot · raise · fold · call · tells · hustler · high roller · winnings · losses
poker night
Social gambling evening
- bridge clubGroup playing trick-taking game
- rummyDrunkard or card game
- canastaWoven carrying container
game night · shuffling · dealing · kitchen table · social gathering · penny ante · family gathering · euchre · spades · hearts
Cezanne
Post-Impressionist French painter
- paintingPigment on canvas
- still lifeArt of inanimate objects
- tableauStriking pictorial arrangement
composition · concentration · portraiture · lamplight · smoke · hats · Victorian · leisure · bourgeois · chiaroscuro
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
- championshipCompetition for top rank
- sponsorFunder of activities
- rankingsOrdered list by performance
prize money · circuit · strategy · competitor · bracelet · televised · commentator · final table · buy-in · elimination
saloon
Drinking establishment, often frontier
- riverboatShallow-draft inland watercraft
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
- gentlemanCourteous, honorable man
parlor · Victorian era · gaming house · Monte Carlo · aristocracy · dandies · tavern · inn · smoking room · waistcoat
- CézanneAix-en-Provence, bathers
cardplayersboard gamers
Hobbyists playing cardboard entertainment
chess players · video gamers · athletes · golfers · footballers
cardplayersnon-gamers
People who don't play
spectators · onlookers · observers · kibitzers · bystanders