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World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the biggest and baddest poker tournament in the world. Born out of a high-stake dare in the summer of 1949 between Nicholas �Nick the Greek� Dandolos and Johnny Moss. Many Online poker sites today offer guaranteed seats to the WSOP events. Play poker online now and get the chance to play at the WSOP!

Poker Rules

The most popular forms of poker include Texas Hold'em poker, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Stud, and Omaha. There are many variations of poker and they have different sets of rules, from the most simple to the most complex.

Poker is a card game where players bet into a communal pot during the course of a hand, the player holding the best hand at the end of the betting wins the pot.

Here are the basic rules of poker. These are the things you must first learn and remember before you can experiment of the different kinds of poker games.

Poker 101, Poker Betting, Poker Bluffling

Poker 101

Poker is played with a standard 4-suit 52-deck card. In other poker games a joker or an extra card, called the Wild Card, is added. The wild card can take whatever rank or suit the player chooses.

Cards suits are arranged alphabetically, from highest to lowest value: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades. In some games, no suit is higher than the others.

Meanwhile, card rankings are as follows: Ace (highest), King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8,7,6,5,4,3,2 (lowest). In some game variations, the Ace is considered as the lowest rank.

Suits are not used to break ties, a poker hand contains five cards in which the highest hand wins. In case of a tie the pot is split among the winning hands.

The number of cards dealt among the players depend on the kind of poker game. For the common poker game, Five Card Stud, players are dealt five cards face down; for 5 Card Stud players are dealt 5 cards as well; in 7 Card Stud, 7 cards.