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Poker strategy
Poker strategy covers expected value, pot odds, ranges, bluffing frequencies, GTO versus exploitative play, bankroll management, and the solver era from CFR to Libratus and Pluribus.
PokerStars
PokerStars: online poker room founded 2001 by Isai and Mark Scheinberg, owned by Flutter Entertainment since 2020. Known for the Sunday Million, WCOOP/SCOOP series, 5%/$3 NLH rake, and 2026 FanDuel and Betfair integrations.
Pokétoon
Pokétoon (POKÉTOON, ポケトゥーン) is a Japanese anthology web anime of standalone Pokémon shorts on the Pokémon Kids TV YouTube channel, running since June 5, 2020, with each episode in a unique art style by a different studio.
Pokey LaFarge
Pokey LaFarge (Andrew Heissler, b. 1983, Bloomington, Illinois), American roots singer-songwriter and bandleader blending pre-war blues, ragtime, swing, and country; Third Man, Rounder, and New West albums; Rhumba Country (2024), Rent Money (2026).
Pokey Reese
Pokey Reese (Calvin Reese Jr., born 1973), American MLB infielder 1997-2004 with Reds, Pirates, and Red Sox; two-time Gold Glove second baseman (1999, 2000) and 2004 World Series champion.
Pokey Watson
Pokey Watson (Lillian Debra Watson Richardson, born 1950) is an American swimmer with Olympic golds in the 1964 4x100 freestyle relay and 1968 200 backstroke, plus 200 m freestyle and relay world records.
Pokhara (पोखरा)
Pokhara (पोखरा), Nepal's second largest city and Gandaki Province tourism hub at 800 m beneath the Annapurna Range; 464.24 km², 513,504 people, 33 wards, Phewa Lake, monsoon hazards, and the 2023 international airport.
Pokhran
Pokhran (Pokaran) is a Thar Desert town in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, about 110 km from Jaisalmer city, known for India's 1974 and 1998 nuclear tests, Balagarh Fort of the Champawat Rathore nobles, and Pokhran pottery.
Pokhran-II (पोखरण-II)
Pokhran-II, also designated Operation Shakti, was a series of five underground nuclear tests India conducted at the Pokhran range in Rajasthan on 11 and 13 May 1998, its first since 1974.
Poki (website)
Poki is a Dutch web gaming platform based in Amsterdam offering free browser games without downloads, launched in 2014 by Bas Moeys and Michiel van Amerongen.
Pokimane
Pokimane (Imane Anys, born 1996) is a Moroccan Canadian Twitch streamer, most-followed female on the platform with 9.4M followers; OfflineTV co-founder, RTS agency founder, ex-Twitch exclusive.
Pokiri (పోకిరి)
Pokiri (పోకిరి), 2006 Telugu action thriller by Puri Jagannadh starring Mahesh Babu as undercover cop Pandu; highest-grossing Telugu film until Magadheera, remade as Pokkiri, Wanted, Porki.
Pokkén Tournament (ポッケントーナメント)
Pokkén Tournament, also known as Pokémon Tekken, is a fighting game by Bandai Namco where Pokémon battle with Tekken-style mechanics, released in 2015 in arcades and 2016 on Wii U.
Pokkharasāti
Pokkharasāti (Sanskrit Pauṣkarasādi) was a wealthy, learned brahmin of Ukkatthā in Kosala, a contemporary of the Buddha remembered as teacher and patron of brahmin pupils.
Pokkiri
Pokkiri (போக்கிரி, Rogue) is a 2007 Tamil action film directed by Prabhu Deva, a remake of the 2006 Telugu Pokiri, starring Vijay as an undercover IPS officer and Asin, released 12 January 2007.
Pokkiri Raja (പോക്കിരി രാജാ) (2010 film)
Pokkiri Raja (പോക്കിരി രാജ) is a 2010 Malayalam action comedy directed by Vysakh, starring Mammootty, Prithviraj Sukumaran, and Shriya Saran; released 7 May 2010, it grossed about 16.5 crore on a 4.25 crore budget and is distinct from the 2016 Tamil film of the same name.
Pokoch Oil and Gas Field
Pokoch is a shallow-water oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico, 42 kilometers off Campeche, Mexico, developed with the Ichalkil field and producing since 2021.
Pokpung-ho (폭풍호)
Pokpung-ho (폭풍호, "Storm Tiger") is the Western name for North Korea's most modern main battle tank, developed in the 1990s from Soviet T-72 technology; its chassis also carries ballistic missile launchers.
Pokrovka-4 mound
Pokrovka-4 (Покровка-4), Eneolithic Afanasyevka-culture kurgan cemetery in the Charysh basin, Altai Krai, Russia; federal heritage site (Order 1495, 2015) with flagstone ring fences, ochre burials, and bronze-and-gold temple beads.
Pokrovsk offensive
Pokrovsk offensive: Russian campaign launched after the fall of Avdiivka in February 2024 to seize the Donetsk logistics hub of Pokrovsk, marked by infiltration tactics, drone-driven interdiction, encirclement by November 2025, and a claimed Russian capture in December 2025.
Pokrovskoye Oil Field
Pokrovskoye Oil Field (Покровское месторождение) is a large oil and gas field in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, about 80 km northeast of Buzuluk, discovered in 1959 and developed since 1963.
Pol Anglada
Pol Anglada (born 1991, Manlleu, Barcelona) is a Spanish queer illustrator and Paris-based fashion designer, senior designer at Loewe and later Dior, founder of the FreeTime fanzine, and creator of erotic pencil drawings shown in the 2022 Hole exhibition.
Pol Antràs
Pol Antràs, born in Barcelona in 1975, is a Spanish economist and the Robert G. Ory Professor at Harvard, known for research on global value chains and firm boundaries in trade.
Pol Bouin
Pol Bouin (André Pol Bouin, 1870–1962) was a French histologist and reproductive biologist who described Bouin's fixative in 1897 and, with Paul Ancel, founded reproductive endocrinology.
Pol D. Spanos
Pol D. Spanos is a Greek-born mechanical engineer at Rice University known for stochastic dynamics and structural reliability, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2005.
Pol Duwez
Pol Duwez (1907–1984) was a Belgian-born American materials scientist and Caltech professor who discovered metallic glasses by splat quenching, first reported in a 1960 gold–silicon alloy.
Pol Granch
Pol Granch, stage name of Pablo Grandjean, is a Spanish singer and actor born in Madrid in 1998, known for winning Factor X in 2018 and Platinum-certified singles.
Pol I transcription factors (SL1, UBF and RRN3)
Pol I transcription factors SL1, UBF, and RRN3 (TIF-IA) assemble the mammalian RNA polymerase I pre-initiation complex at rDNA promoters, enabling 47S pre-rRNA transcription, Pol I recruitment, promoter escape, and reinitiation.
Pol Pot
Pol Pot (Saloth Sar), Cambodian communist dictator who led the Khmer Rouge and ruled Democratic Kampuchea 1975-1979; his agrarian revolutionary regime killed 1.7-3 million people before Vietnam-backed forces ousted him on January 7, 1979.
Pol Swings
Pol Swings was a Belgian astrophysicist at the University of Liège known for the Swings effect in cometary spectra and president of the International Astronomical Union.