Historical clue formulations

• Two pair beats it in poker — 2022-06-28
• Like the ideal poker straight — 2020-07-20
• Loser to a pair — 2014-05-22
• First-rate — 2011-12-09
• Like the best straight in poker — 2011-05-16
• A pair of deuces beats it — 2008-05-19
• Like some hands — 1995-07-23
• Like certain poker hands — 1994-10-18