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Poker is a popular [[card game]] played worldwide and often seen being played in saloons in [[American]] Western [[movies]]. It is probably the most popular form of [[gambling]] in the world.
A poker is also the name given to a [[metal]] stick, often ornate, that was used to rearrange (literally poke) coals or wood when fires still burned solid fuels. Since the widespread usage of [[gas]] and [[electric fires]], they are now seen as being more decorative than functional.