“>thank you neil tall like cary grant voice deep and resonant poker: The Online Etymology Dictionary [snip] poker (2) Look up poker at Dictionary.com “card game,” 1834, Amer.Eng., perhaps from the first element of Ger. Pochspiel, name of a card game similar to poker, from pochen “to brag as a bluff,” lit. “to knock, rap” (see … Continue reading wsj yay hay!