transitive. Cards (chiefly Poker). To match (a bet), to match the bet of (another player), esp. so as to get other players to reveal their cards…

Poker. intransitive. To increase one’s existing bet, esp. an ante or blind, to match the amounts already bet by other players; to call. Now rare.

Poker (originally U.S.). transitive. To match the bet of (another player) in order to remain in play, or (esp. in earlier use) in order to get other…

In the game of poker: To impose upon (an opponent) as to the value of one's hand of cards, by betting heavily upon it, speaking or gesticulating or…

Poker. To double (a stake, bet). Also absol.

To supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour something into (a receptacle) till… In Poker: to complete (a ‘full house’…

to cash in To settle accounts in the game of poker; hence in general use, to clear accounts; to close up a matter. (Sometimes transitive with checks…

To pile up one's chips at poker. Now usually figurative, to present oneself, measure up; to arise, build up. colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

transitive. To play (a hand) as if it were weaker than it is, so as to mislead an opponent.

transitive. Poker. To show (an opponent) a winning hand after a deliberate, and often prolonged, dramatic pause. Also: to reveal (a winning hand) to…