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Poker is a card game for 2 to 14 players in which each player puts down chips before being dealt cards. The goal is to win the pot, which is all the bets placed during a hand. There are different forms of poker, and the rules differ slightly between them. But the main idea is to have the best 5-card poker hand at the end of a round to win all the money in the pot.<\/p>\n
Before a hand begins the players must put down a forced bet called an ante or blind. The dealer then shuffles the cards and deals them one at a time to the players, starting with the player to their left. The players then take turns betting on their hands.<\/p>\n
After the first betting phase a third card is put on the table that everyone can use, this is called the flop. A second betting round then takes place.<\/p>\n
Once the flop and turn have been played another card is revealed to all the players, this is called the river. The final betting phase is then done.<\/p>\n
The best hands in poker are a royal flush (ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the same suit), a straight (5 consecutive cards of the same rank), four of a kind (4 matching cards of the same rank) or two pair (2 matching cards of different ranks and 3 unmatched cards called kickers). The worst hand is a high card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"