The background on poker that can never hurt a newbie!

The game of poker is played with the help of various decks ranging from 32, 36 or 54 cards, but the deck of 52 cards (hence excluding the Jokers) is usually employed. Several players (two and more – up to ten people per one game) gather at one playing desk. The values of the cards decrease from the Ace down. The Aces can act both as the lowest and the highest card depending on the combination the player is building. The game of poker consists of several stages depending on the exact variety (Taxas Hold’em, Omaha, Draw poker etc.) called rounds or “streets”. At the beginning of each the cards are dealt to the players, then the players may make stakes or pass (quit the current game). The winner is the player whose card combination is the best of the five represented at the desk or the one who can make the other players quit through bluffing.

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