Rules

Poker Rules

• Before I begain describing poker I am going to provide you with a basic glossary of terms.
• The game of poker itself is fairly simple. The object of the game is to have a higher five card hand than your opponent(s). In the most basic game of poker you use a 52 card deck and are delt 5 cards and try to make the best poker hand you can.
• There is a very distinct order of hands so there is no confusion as to who wins the pot. The list of hands goes from highest being number one to lowest being:
  
  1. Royal Flush - A-K-Q-J-T of any Suit.
  2. Straight Flush - 5 cards in a row of the same Suit.
  3. 4 of a Kind - 4 of any number.
  4. Full house - 3 of a kind and 2 of a kind.
  5. Flush - 5 card of the same suit.
  6. Straight - 5 cards in a row.
  7. 3 of a kind - 3 of any number.
  8. 2 pair - 2 of one number and 2 of another
  9. pair - 2 of any number
• When the game is started there is usually a blind in or ante. After you get some or all of your cards there is usually a round of betting.
• In a round of betting anybody may raise the bet but in order to keep playing you must at least call. If you choose not to call or raise you must fold.
• When you have all your cards and your round(s) of betting is done it is time to show your cards if you have beaten your opponent you get the pot.

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