The Game of Poker

Poker is not at all an "all luck game", it needs skill to be played and won. This is basically a playing card game. Generally poker uses a standard pack of playing cards which contains 52 cards. There are some poker games where the count of the playing cards are different. This depends on the variation of the game, at some places this count is even higher then that of 50 cards, this variation is due to usage of additional wild cards like jokers. Aces being high values of respective suits followed by King, Queen, Jack and then in decreasing order from 10 to 2 (the Lowest). There can be four suits - Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts and Spades - None of them being superior from others.

Poker, at its very essence, is a simple game. Its countless versions can be quite complex, however, which is why we're going to focus on 5-Card Draw (a.k.a. "regular" poker), the easiest one for beginners to learn. Later we'll tell you about some of the other variations of the game, but for now, it's going to be 5-Card Draw, so you're just going to have to deal.

The cards are distributed in the players. Usually one poker hand contains 5 cards and the highest hand win the game. The number of cards which is been dealt depends upon the type of poker you are playing. For example in 5 card stud, five cards are dealt where as in 7 card stud, you are dealt seven. But in general, five card draw is the standard poker game where 5 cards are dealt to each players.

Source: OnlinePokerAddict.com Staff

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