Poker is a card game with many variations that features hidden hands and betting on who has the best, or highest, hand in a shared ranking system with a Royal Flush at the top and a pair at the bottom. This game is played through a series of hands, in each of which has a different dealer and a winner who takes the pot for that hand. This game is known to be cut-throat, but it has also become a lifestyle for many.
The game of Poker, as said, has many variations, but the basic play is simple: A dealer, identified by a white chip (called a button or a buck) being passed around, shuffles the cards and distributes them out to the players one at a time until each player has the required number (usually five or seven, depending on the game). Forced betting occurs as each player automatically throws a minimum bet into the central pot. The game goes through a pre-determined number of rounds, with each player betting, cashing in old cards for new ones, calling on a raised bet of another player, or folding, which means that a player surrenders the cards and the pot and sits out for the rest of the hand. At the end, the player with the highest-ranking hand, or the one who has...