Player ( poker )

1) Any participant in a poker game. "There are eight players at each table."
2) Any participant in a particular pot. "Even after the raise, there were still five players in the pot."
3) Someone who knows what's going on in the card room milieu, and usually implying someone making his living playing cards. "Who's that guy putting all the chips in the pot? Some live one?" "Nah, he's a player."