Poker
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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.
Poker in history
English king Edward II was alleged to have been executed by poker.