Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of poker in which no player can bet more than he has on the table in front of him when the cards are dealt, the betting limit of the game being what is on the board in fror.t of the better.
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Examples
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Also, in that early Yukon day, no one dreamed of playing table-stakes.
Chapter 2 2010
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To begin with, according to our research, they all share what we might describe as a basic "table-stakes" set of innovation capabilities:
The World's 10 Most Innovative Companies, And How They Do It 2011
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Also, in that early Yukon day, no one dreamed of playing table-stakes.
Chapter II 1910
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Mr. Harley would oppose poker in its usual form and argue for table-stakes -- five thousand dollars a corner.
The President A novel Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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"VOD has become a table-stakes service that all cable operators need to offer," said Joe Matarese, vice president and general manager of Arris's On
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Specifically, I am not convinced anyone can make a case that we have solutions today that comprehensively address two concepts that will become mere table-stakes in the PaaS play space.
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"VOD has become a table-stakes service that all cable operators need to offer," said Joe Matarese, vice president and general manager of Arris's On
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Specifically, I am not convinced anyone can make a case that we have solutions today that comprehensively address two concepts that will become mere table-stakes in the PaaS play space.
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Multitasking isn't there either, which for some is a table-stakes item for any computing device, but the new version of the iPhone OS, 4.0, will fix that when the upgrade becomes available for iPad this fall.
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Multitasking isn't there either, which for some is a table-stakes item for any computing device, but the new version of the iPhone OS, 4.0, will fix that when the upgrade becomes available for iPad this fall.
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