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  2. Five-card draw - Wikipedia

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    Five-card draw (also known as Cantredraw) is a poker variant that is considered the simplest variant of poker, and is the basis for video poker. As a result, it is often the first variant learned by new players. It is commonly played in home games but rarely played in casino and tournament play. The variant is also offered by some online venues ...

  3. Texas hold 'em - Wikipedia

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    Texas hold 'em (also known as Texas holdem, hold 'em, and holdem) is one of the most popular variants of the card game of poker. Two cards, known as hole cards, are dealt face down to each player, and then five community cards are dealt face up in three stages. The stages consist of a series of three cards ("the flop"), later an additional ...

  4. Outline of poker - Wikipedia

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    Outline of poker. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to poker: Poker – family of card games that share betting rules and usually (but not always) hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown (in some games, the ...

  5. Poker - Wikipedia

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    While poker's exact origin is the subject of debate, many game scholars point to the French game Poque and the Persian game As-Nas as possible early inspirations. [3] For example, in the 1937 edition of Foster's Complete Hoyle, R. F. Foster wrote that "the game of poker, as first played in the United States, five cards to each player from a twenty-card pack, is undoubtedly the Persian game of ...

  6. Draw poker - Wikipedia

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    Draw poker is any poker variant in which each player is dealt a complete hand before the first betting round, and then develops the hand for later rounds by replacing, or "drawing", cards. [ 1 ] The descriptions below assume the reader is familiar with the general game play of poker , and with hand values (both high and low variations).

  7. Video poker - Wikipedia

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    Refers to video poker games which increase the house edge and reduce the return-to-player percentage. A unique case when the highest possible hand, a Royal Flush, is dealt to the player. Theoretically the most profitable poker strategy. A feature that allows participants to play with more than one hand.

  8. Poker strategy - Wikipedia

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    Strategy. Poker is a popular card game that combines elements of chance and strategy. There are various styles of poker, all of which share an objective of presenting the least probable or highest-scoring hand. A poker hand is usually a configuration of five cards depending on the variant, either held entirely by a player or drawn partly from a ...

  9. Badugi - Wikipedia

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    Badugi (also known as badougi, paduki or padooki) is a draw poker variant similar to triple draw, with hand-values similar to lowball. The betting structure and overall play of the game is identical to a standard poker game using blinds, but, unlike traditional poker which involves a minimum of five cards, players' hands contain only four cards ...