Poker was a card game of chance and skill which originated on Earth. The main aim of the game was for players to wager on the strength of their cards, in relation to the cards held by the other players. If a player believed they held a greater "hand" than another player, they could "call" them on it.
During the USS Enterprise's encounter with the Fesarius in 2266, the Enterprise was threatened with destruction. Lt. Commander Spock suggested to Captain James T. Kirk that they had been "checkmated", Kirk took the gaming analogy to find a "bluff" from poker that they could use against the Fesarius. Spock was fascinated by the game of poker and Dr. Leonard McCoy vowed to teach it to him. (TOS episode: "The Corbomite Maneuver")
Strangely enough, Kirk once again uses his skills in 2267, but under less intense circumstances. In the aftermath of the nearly-derailed Babel Conference, he enjoyed a session with Sarek in sickbay. The captain was rehabilitating from his knife wound; as the ambassador recovered from open heart surgery. From their long hours of recoup time, they found a way to pass the time in a logical, yet amusing way. They made makeshift poker chips from tongue depressors and used whatever cards they could find. Much to both Spock and McCoy's amazement. Sarek even coined the human vernacular, "Come to Poppa," after winning a hand. (ST novel: Federation)
Commodore Katha'sat was fond of poker, as well as other card games, and constantly taunted Jim Kirk about it. (TOS novel: The Wounded Sky)
During the Romulan Civil War of 2276, Commander Ael t'Rllaillieu and the crew of the ChR Bloodwing learned poker (and fizzbin) from the Enterprise crew. (TOS - Rihannsu novel: The Empty Chair)
In the 24th century, Starfleet crews would hold a floating poker tournament when five or more Federation starships were at a given location at the same time. As a young man, Starfleet officer Jean-Luc Picard lost a month's wages betting on the tournament shortly after his promotion to Lieutenant. As there were going to be five starships at Luxor IV, the crew of the USS Enterprise-D looked forward to playing in and winning the match. The Enterprise was diverted when the Devil's Heart was rediscovered, and unable to play in the tournament. However the USS Venture's crew was able to participate since they had put into port at Luxor IV to repair a baffle plate malfunction. (TNG novel: The Devil's Heart)
In the 2360s and 70s, the command staff of Enterprise-D played a poker game every Tuesday night, Captain Jean-Luc Picard had a standing invitation to this event but did not participate until 2370 following an encounter with Q. (TNG episodes: "Cause and Effect", "All Good Things...") In 2367, honored guests Ambassador Spock and Adm. McCoy competed with the Enterprise-D crew. Chief O'Brien learned much to his (and Dr. Selar's) suprise that winning and bluffing had much to do with the "Vulcan poker face". Being the best in the galaxy, supposedly. (TNG comic: "The Modala Imperative") For part of 2370 this game was played on a Friday night. (TNG novel: Dragon's Honor)
In 2365 Wesley Crusher ran a holodeck program in which he was a participant in the senior officers game. He played a successful hand and did so with expert unreadability before he had to end the program after being called to the transporter room. (TNG comic: "Space Seeds") This same year, Lt. Worf earned from Cmdr. Riker the nickname "Ice Man". For winning two consecutive hands, while maintaining his cool and keeping and icy bearing each time. In Worf's Klingonese, the word is d'akturak. (TNG episode: "The Measure of a Man", DS9 episode: "Blood Oath")
Some of the junior officers on the Enterprise-D also played a regular game. (TNG episode: "Lower Decks")
From 2368 to 2369, Data's years of honing this skill came into good use as he won against Frederick La Rouque and Joe Falling Hawk. Data also had a talent for dealing cards in a rapid shuffle; a credit from his android reflexes. Data was known to compete with holographic programs as well. (TNG episodes: "Time's Arrow", "A Fistful of Datas", "Descent")
In 2370, Quark hosted The First Annual Deep Space Nine Poker Tournament on Deep Space Nine, inviting a number of poker players from a variety of Alpha and Beta Quadrant races. (DS9 novel: The Big Game)
Later that year the crew of the runabout USS Amazon replicated a set of cards and chips to play poker to pass the time on their 22 hour journey to the Davon system. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)
"Texas Hold'Em" was a poker variant, where community cards were used by all players to make the best hand. Christine Vale regularly played Texas Hold'Em while serving aboard the USS O'Keefe. (TNG novel: A Time for War, A Time for Peace)
A set of The Muppet Show playing cards was made by West-German company ASS Altenburger
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Several games are featured in the storyline of Lost.
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"I like to use the baseball metaphor which is, you can go to a baseball game and if you don't know a lot about baseball, I think you can enjoy it on one level as a casual viewer and you can enjoy it on a much deeper level as a regular viewer". -- Carlton Cuse in the "Lost Survivor Guide" |
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Several games are depicted or described as black and white:
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I feel like we're playing a chess game. In the first six moves, we've lost our queen and two bishops, and the audience is saying 'They are the worst chess players in the world!' What they don't realize is that we're nine moves away from checkmating you. If we lose, we lose. But that's the play, and we're standing by it. |
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Poker is a Earth card game of chance and skill where players bet on the value of their cards relative to what they believe other players possessed. The winner is the person who held the highest ranked combination of cards or the last player left if all others have forfeited the round by folding.
There are several variations of the game. Five-card stud and five-card draw were particularly popular in social play aboard the USS Enterprise-D. The Texas hold 'em variant was played for latinum by Pergium miners in the Timor sector. (TNG: "The Measure Of A Man" et. al; USS Baldwin: "Reaction to Action")
During "counseling" sessions with Christopher Mackenzie following the USS Madrid disaster, Counselor Siram Elbry played poker with Mackenzie in Starbase 375's bar as a means of getting him to open up to her when traditional methods failed. Mackenzie later claimed that he was aware of this, but as long as Elbry kept buying the drinks, he didn't mind. The two later became close friends, and during their service aboard the USS Daedalus would both participate in a weekly poker game with some members of the senior staff. (Star Trek: Daedalus: "New Frontiers...", "Enlightenment", "Krotek Nor")
USS Baldwin captain Patrick Ingrum started a social poker night with his crew in 2377, with Texas hold 'em as Richie's game of choice. (USS Baldwin: "Reaction to Action") USS Ottawa captain Jenna Carson also played hold 'em on occasion, particularly with her friends and shipmates Sonya Fiehrer and Susan Cassoday. (USS Baldwin: "Like the Rain")
"Pokers" are monsters that is used by Yugi Muto. All of the 3 knights are LIGHT-Attributed Warrior Type monsters. so, it is a wise choice to power them up by Lightning Blade and Luminous Spark. They also are Fusion material monsters to summon Arcana Knight Joker.
There are only 4 members released in the TCG/OCG: King's Knight, Queen's Knight, Jack's Knight and a Fusion Monster, Arcana Knight Joker. There is also an anime-only card, Royal Straight Slasher.
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