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101 Poker Trivia Questions That Will Have You Wanting to Pull Out Your Cards and Play

How are the cards dealt in a seven-card stud? Who was the three-time World Champion that won ten major No Limit Hold’em championship events? Poker is a popular, very intricate game almost everyone knows how to play. The game gets competitive quickly, whether you are just playing with plastic chips at home with friends or with coins at a casino. 

Poker has been around a long time, with every person using their methods to secure a win. Maybe you just finished a game of poker and are looking for something more to finish your night. Test if you can keep a poker face using these poker trivia questions and answers.

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Stud poker is usually played with 5 or which other number of cards?

10

9

4

7

When you decide you are not going to continue betting with your hand, what is called?

John Doe

Resign

Death

Fold

A popular form of Hold Em poker is named after which fruit?

Kiwi Fruit

Watermelon

Pineapple

Tangerine

What is the name of the bet which all players make before the hand begins?

Behind

Ante

Back In

Angle

In most versions of poker, how many cards are dealt to each player?

10

6

5

12

What poker term describes the amount of money a player has to wager?

Ante

Bankroll

Behind

Backraise

If your poker hand is ‘cowboys’, you have two of which card?

Nines

Queens

Kings

Jacks

A flush is how many consecutive cards of any suit?

3

6

5

4

What is the name for a card which can be used to represent any other card?

Ante

Dummy

Wild

Blind

The game As Nas, said to be a precursor of poker, originated in which country?

India

China

Canada

Persia

Quads is a term used to describe how many cards of the same rank?

Five

Four

Three

Two

How are the cards dealt in Poker?

Alternate player Clockwise

Three to the left, three to the right

Clockwise

Anti Clockwise

Poker originated in the United States in which century?

19th

20th

16th

18th

Poker Face’ was a hit for Lady Gaga in which year?

2008

2016

2012

2004

What poker technique means betting high on a poor hand?

Blowing

Bluffing

Bleating

Blustering

Planet Poker first offered online gaming in which decade?

2000s

1980s

1990s

1960s

In which century was Poker invented?

21st

19th

11th

8th

Each player is dealt how many cards at the start of a Texas Hold-Em poker game?

3

8

4

2

What poker term means a card which can take on any value?

Wild

Heart

Sort

Low

What is the name of the marker used to indicate which player is dealing?

Back

Bock

Buck

Bick

A ‘full ring’ poker game has the maximom number of how many players?

6

9

5

7

What hand is five cards in sequence, but not of the same suit?

Pairs

Flush

Straight

Full House

Playing cards are thought to have been invented in which country?

India

Mexico

Egypt

China

A dead man’s hand contains two black aces and two of which number card?

6

7

8

5

What is the word for splitting the cards before dealing?

Knife

Part

Slice

Cut

A form of Hold Em poker is named after which town in Nebraska?

Norfolk

Omaha

Lincoln

Columbus

What comes before ‘Flush’ for the best hand in poker?

Royal

Pair

Straight

Full

What is the term meaning all remaining players show their hands and the highest wins?

Smackdown

Showdown

Bleed

Ante

If you want to place more money on a bet in Poker, this is called what?

Stash

Haul

Raise

Bank

Which card has the nicknames J-Boy and Lancelot?

Ace

King

Queen

Jack

What is the proper term for mixing poker cards before dealing?

Skiffle

Snuffle

Scuffle

Shuffle

What phrase means unofficial modifications to standard poker rules adopted by a group of players?

Under Rules

Boat Rules

Castle Rules

House Rules

What is another name for the house, or the person distributing the chips?

Actor

Better

Bank

Insurer

The first World Series of Poker was held in which year?

2000

1980

1990

1970

What poker term means losing all of your chips?

Bent

Broke

Bust

Burned

What is the first bet called in a poker game?

Andi

Ante

Army

Aldi

What is the highest value card in Poker?

One

Jack

Ace

Queen

Complete the name of this famous Poker game. ______ Hold’em

California

Florida

Texas

Nevada

Chinese poker, or Big Two, is usually played by how many people?

6

3

5

4

The World Series of Poker competition is played annually in which city?

Paris

London

New York

Las Vegas

A form of poker is named after which large snake?

Rattlesnake

Boa

Viper

Anaconda

What is another name for the opening bet, or ante?

Opened

Blind

Stake

Showdown

Poker is said to derive from a game called ‘poque’, played in which country?

Norway

France

Germany

Ireland

How many cards are used during Royal Hold ‘Em?

20

26

15

10

What is another name for a forced bet placed by a player?

Lame

Deaf

Dumb

Blind

What term means converting your winning chips to money after a game?

Cashing Down

Cashing Sideways

Cashing Out

Cashing Up

If your poker hand is ‘ducks’ you have a pair of which number?

2

4

8

3

Which card can be high or low?

King

Ace

Queen

Jack

What comes after ‘Card’ to describe a professional poker player?

Blunt

Double

Sharp

Single

What is the lowest value card in a queen high straight flush?

5

10

8

9

If your poker hand is ‘Bullets’, you have a pair of which card?

Jacks

Threes

Aces

Kings

As-Nas, a forerunner of Poker, was played in which part of the world?

South America

Scandinavia

Middle East

Australasia

A full house is how many of a kind, plus a pair?

5

3

2

4

What is the name for the term when players reveal their hands?

Showover

Showthrough

Showup

Showdown

Which singer had a hit with ‘Poker Face’?

Lady Gaga

Rihanna

Madonna

Katy Perry

Two variants of poker known as high or low are named after which US city?

Los Angeles

Boston

Chicago

Baltimore

Which number of card has the nicknames Nickel, Pedro or Fever?

6

5

9

7

A hand of ‘quads’ means how many cards of a kind?

2

4

3

5

Poker originated in which country?

New Zealand

United States

Japan

Germany

Wht poker hand ranks between a straight flush and a full house?

High card

Four of a kind

Two pairs

Three of a kind

Which American state comes before ‘straddle’ in a poker betting term?

Florida

Arkansas

Kentucky

Mississippi

Where is the World Series of Poker held?

Atlantic City

Dubai

Macau

Las Vegas

A four-flush is four cards all of the same what?

Colour

Suit

Design

Number

Raccoon, fish and donkey refers to which type of poker player?

Poor

Risk-taker

Experienced

Hesitant

What card is sometimes referred to as ‘the 53rd card in the pack’?

King

Queen

Joker

Ace

What poker term means to lose all your chips?

Ante

Flush

Hold Em

Bust

What is the name of the paid poker players who work to get games going?

Krill

Shill

Still

Shrill

What is the name of the casino employee paid to resolve disputes?

Tableman

Roofman

Floorman

Doorman

A straight flush is how many cards running in sequence?

4

6

5

3

What term refers to the chips put into the center of the table by the players?

Still

Pot

Tell

House

What poker term means to discard your hand?

Fold

Fix

Flop

Front

How many cards are dealt to each player at the start of Texas Hold ‘Em poker?

3

5

2

6

The very best hand in poker is which kind of flush?

Ultimate

Royal

Amazement

Super

What word means a hand containing five cards of the same color?

Riss

Ross

Rass

Russ

What poker term means the same as a plant or a stooge?

Shriek

Stalker

Shill

Shifter

What US state lends its name to a ‘hold ’em’ variant of poker?

California

Florida

Alabama

Texas

What are you said to have if your expression is very blank?

Poker Brain

Poker Eyes

Poker Face

Poker Nose

In a game og Countdown poker, each player starts with how many cards?

7

3

5

6

What is the name usually given to a pile of 20 poker chips?

Stack

Slock

Slack

Stock

What kind of flush is the highest poker hand available?

Royal

Texas

Private

International

What is another name for the dealer token which is passed between players?

Tuck

Buck

Duck

Luck

What poker term means consistently losing chips through playing badly?

Wound

Drift

Bleed

Scar

If your poker hand is ‘Ladies’, you have two of which card?

Jack

Nine

Queen

Eight

The World Series of Poker was first played in which year?

1970

1980

1960

1990

The World Series of Poker has been played annually since which decade?

1980s

1930s

1950s

1970s

Which number of playing card has the nicknames swan or the Curse of Mexico?

5

4

2

9

A straight flush contains how many cards in sequence?

4

3

5

2

What poker term means to increase the bet and carry on playing?

Aces

Call

Fold

Raise

What is the other name for community card poker?

Flip

Shop

Flap

Flop

A high stakes poker game was a central plot in which James Bond movie?

Octopussy

Casino Royale

Dr No

Goldfinger

The pile of discarded cards in Poker is known by what name?

Muck

Action

Depot

Dump

What word means the range between a table’s minimom and maximom bets?

Double

Croupier

Range

Spread

What is the name for the hand of five cards of the same suit, not necessarily in sequence?

Straight

Two Pairs

Flush

Full House

Hindu, Pile and Corgi are types of what?

Casino Design

Shuffle

Betting Strategies

Card Suits

What word means to lay your cards down and stop playing the hand?

Fold

Put Out

Drop

Low

Which word is often used to describe any royal card?

Pony

Pencil

Paint

Purple

Which animal is also poker slang for a weak player?

Donkey

Chicken

Rhino

Rabbit

What word means to pretend you have a better hand than you actually have?

Bottom

Board

Bluff

Barter

Which of the following is not a variation of Poker?

Dallas

Dakota

San Francisco

Chicago

What word means a non-standard hand of five face cards?

Blaze

Chips

Flame

Sparks

What term means a dealer accidentally exposing the cards while dealing?

Short Deal

Misdeal

Under Deal

Updeal

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