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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Winner-take-all
Synonyms for "winner-take-all"
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2 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 5 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 贏者通吃 /赢者通吃 adj (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded)
Finnish
2 entries- kaikki tai ei mitään adj (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded)
- voittaja vie koko potin adj (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded)
French
1 entries- tout-va-au-vainqueur adj (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded)
Hebrew
2 entries- המנצח זוכה בכול adj (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded)
- המנצח זוכה בכל הקופה adj (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded)
Polish
1 entries- taki, w jakim zwycięzca bierze wszystko adj (pertaining to a contest in which only the winner is rewarded)
Sample sentences
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Under winner-take-all elections, many minority candidates find it nearly impossible to win.
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[S]he volunteers to take her sister's place at the annual "Hunger Games", a bloody winner-take-all competition in which 24 teens fight to the death.
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