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Poker Rules

Poker uses a standard pack of playing cards, 52 cards (there are some poker games that uses more or less depending on the variations such as adding wild cards like jokers). The card ranking is as follows Ace (the highest), King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 (the lowest), Ace (this may also be the lowest card depending on the variations you are using, but it is usually the highest).

There are four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs). No suit is higher than another. All poker hands contain five cards, the highest hand wins.

The use of Wild Cards depends on the variations; wild cards take on whatever rank or suit you want it to take. A wild card can either be a separate card added like a joker or you may specify a certain card in the standard deck to be wild (such as deuces wild).

The number of cards dealt is dependent on what type of game you are playing: in 5-card stud, you are dealt five cards; in 7-card stud, you are dealt seven. I know this is obvious, but I do not want anyone to get confused. Five-card draw is the standard poker game where five cards are dealt to each player face down.

In most poker games, you start the betting with an ante just to get the cards dealt. The money is put in the center of the table and is called the "pot".

When the betting gets to you (betting is handled in a clockwise order), you have three choices:
Call - betting enough to match what has been bet since the last time you bet in that particular betting round.

Raise - when you raise you first put enough in the pot to match what has already been bet and then you raise the pot by putting an additional amount in (the limit on how much you can raise depends on the game).

Fold - dropping out of the current hand and losing the possibility of winning the pot. Each poker game has a predetermined number of betting rounds. The highest hand at the end of all betting rounds wins the pot.