Straight Flush
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Straight Flush is a non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the rise and fall of a group of college friends who built a major online poker empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Straight Flush canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10364605 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Straight Flush Context triple: [Ben Mezrich, wrote, Straight Flush]
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A.
Royal Flush
"Royal Flush" is a critically acclaimed mixtape by rapper CyHi the Prynce that helped establish his reputation for intricate wordplay and lyrical skill.
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B.
Dead Man's Hand (poker hand)
Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) is a legendary poker combination, traditionally two pairs of black aces and eights, made famous as the hand supposedly held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot dead.
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C.
Three of a Kind
Three of a Kind is a British sketch comedy television series that helped launch the careers of Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry, and David Copperfield in the early 1980s.
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D.
Royal Flush 2
Royal Flush 2 is a critically acclaimed mixtape by rapper CyHi the Prynce that showcases his intricate wordplay and solidified his reputation in the hip-hop underground.
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E.
Seven-Card Stud
Seven-Card Stud is a classic poker variant in which players receive a combination of face-up and face-down cards over multiple betting rounds, traditionally popular before the rise of Texas Hold'em.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Straight Flush Target entity description: Straight Flush is a non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the rise and fall of a group of college friends who built a major online poker empire.
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A.
Royal Flush
"Royal Flush" is a critically acclaimed mixtape by rapper CyHi the Prynce that helped establish his reputation for intricate wordplay and lyrical skill.
-
B.
Dead Man's Hand (poker hand)
Dead Man's Hand (poker hand) is a legendary poker combination, traditionally two pairs of black aces and eights, made famous as the hand supposedly held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot dead.
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C.
Three of a Kind
Three of a Kind is a British sketch comedy television series that helped launch the careers of Tracey Ullman, Lenny Henry, and David Copperfield in the early 1980s.
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D.
Royal Flush 2
Royal Flush 2 is a critically acclaimed mixtape by rapper CyHi the Prynce that showcases his intricate wordplay and solidified his reputation in the hip-hop underground.
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E.
Seven-Card Stud
Seven-Card Stud is a classic poker variant in which players receive a combination of face-up and face-down cards over multiple betting rounds, traditionally popular before the rise of Texas Hold'em.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Ben Mezrich ⓘ |
| basedOn | real events ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
business literature
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non-fiction ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Ben Mezrich ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | group of college friends ⓘ |
| mainTheme | rise and fall of an online poker empire ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depicting creation of a major online poker site
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portrayal of college friends turning into gambling moguls ⓘ |
| notableWork | Straight Flush ⓘ |
| publisher | William Morrow ⓘ |
| setting | online gambling industry ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| subject |
business failure
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college students ⓘ entrepreneurship ⓘ internet gambling ⓘ online poker ⓘ |
| title | Straight Flush ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Straight Flush Description of subject: Straight Flush is a non-fiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the rise and fall of a group of college friends who built a major online poker empire.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.