Official Poker Rules

When playing live poker, more than one player is needed. Although playing poker digitally, only one player can play. Players sit in a circle and start placing their bets where everyone adds the same amount to the pot.

The dealer shuffles the cards up real well and then deals each player five cards. One player bets on their cards, and everyone must either stay in the game by adding money to the pot or fold.

Each player then takes their turn by discarding the cards they don't want, and the dealer replaces them with new cards. Another bet is placed, and everyone shows their cards, and the best hand wins.

Winning hands in poker are like a ladder where each step beats the hand below it. If nobody has anything, then the highest card wins and at the top of the ladder is the ultimate once-in-a-lifetime (for some) Royal flush, which is a straight-up to the ace all in the same suit. Here are the winning hands:

• Royal flush
• Straight flush- five cards in sequence, in the same suit
• Four of a kind
• Full house- Three of a kind and a pair
• Flush- five cards in the same suit
• Straight- five cards in sequence, any suit
• Three of a kind
• Two pair
• Pair
• High Card

Poker is a fun game, especially when playing for real money, and it can be played with a live group of players or digital on a machine or computer.