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The classic poker
game is Draw. All poker variants are derived from this game. You can
review the playing procedures in
How to Play Draw
Poker
Poker is a game
where cards are dealt to each player and with them they try and make a
poker
hand. Betting takes place on the hands after each deal based on the
value of the hands or the use of bluffing or a
combination of both. The winner of each hand is either the person with the best
hand, if there is a showdown, or the last
player left in a hand after their bets have driven away the
others.
Poker can be played
by between 2 and 12 players depending on the type of game. Seven players would
be a more normal number.
The are three basic
categories of poker games in which they can all be slotted. They
are;
- Draw Poker There are two central features of these
games. The first is that a complete hand is dealt face down at the beginning of
the game to each player. The second is one or more
rounds of exchanging
cards (called the draw) from your
hand with new ones dealt from the deck. There is a round of betting after the
initial deal and after each round of exchanges.
Western films often feature Draw
Poker.
- Stud Poker With this style of poker, the initial
deal comprises of cards both face-down and face-up in an incomplete hand. The
hands are completed by dealing a single card in each round which can be face-up
or down depending on the particular game. After each round of dealing there is
betting.
The film The Cincinnati
Kid featured 5-card stud.
- Flop Poker Here cards are initially dealt face
down to each player and then three more face up in the centre of the table as
communal cards (these are known as the
flop). Two further
rounds occur where one more card is dealt face up each time. Each round has
betting. Each players final hand is comprised of some cards from his hand and
some from the flop.
The annual World
Championship is held playing Texas Hold'em, a flop poker
game.
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