Winner-take-all

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers receive anything. not-comparable

    "You need luck in poker tournaments, because in the nature of this winner-take-all style of play, there will be several occasions when you cannot avoid putting all your money in the pot."

  2. 2
    Of a market in which a product or service that is only slightly better than its competitors receives a disproportionately large share of revenue. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of a neural network model: organized so that neurons in a layer compete with each other for activation. not-comparable

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"You need luck in poker tournaments, because in the nature of this winner-take-all style of play, there will be several occasions when you cannot avoid putting all your money in the pot."

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