Playing cards are used for both traditional and modern poker games. Most poker decks consist of 52 cards.
A standard deck includes four suits of spades, clubs, diamonds, and hearts. In addition, there are two jokers (a black card with a red face and a white card with a black face), which are never used in traditional poker games.
There are many different kinds of poker games that can be played with a standard deck of playing cards. The most popular form of poker is Texas Hold’em, which is played with five rounds of hands. In each round, players are given three cards, and must choose one to discard.
The remaining two cards are added to the player’s hand. A player can also “pot” (win) the pot by having the best hand at the end of the round.
In Omaha Hold’em, players must also make four hands: one with two cards, one with three cards, one with four cards, and one with five cards. The best hand is the five-card hand that contains at least one Ace and at least two other ranks.
In Seven-Card Stud, players must also make three hands: one with two cards, one with three cards, and one with four or more cards. The best hand is the four-card hand that contains at least a J and 2 other ranks.
In Razz (a variation of Seven-Card Stud), each player starts the game with five cards facedown in front of them. A player can “flop” (turn over) any two cards during the course of the game to determine their current hand.
If they have an Ace high (A-K-Q-J), they can turn over both their Ace and two other matching card to expose their final hand; if they don’t have an Ace high but do have another matching card (A-2-3-4 or 5), they can only turn over one card to expose their final hand. If they don’t have any matching card, they lose the pot (and any other associated bets) that was placed on their current hand).
