holding aces

Holding aces doesn’t ensure a win, of course.

“If I found out he was actually holding aces, I learned never to blame bad luck. After the game I’d replay that hand in my head, review all the variables and try to see whether the math was really on my side. If it was, I’d conclude I did the right thing. If it wasn’t, I’d ask, ‘What can I learn from that?’

The regulator may judge the DoJ to be holding aces.

McAllister sounds like a poker player holding aces.

When poker took off in the U.S. after the Travel Channel began televising tournaments in 2003, PartyPoker was holding aces in the hole.