Poker is a card game played on a casino table. A standard pack of 52 cards is used, with a couple of jokers added for variety. The game usually begins with one dealer who deals a single hand of cards. For speedier games, two packs of contrasting cards are used. During each hand, one pack is dealt and the other is shuffled. The previous dealer assembles the cards from the dealt pack, then shuffles and places them to the left of the dealer. The next dealer deals the cards, and the process repeats itself.
A player in a poker game is dealt a hand of cards, and each hand has a rank, with different combinations of cards trumping each other. The player then bets chips on how strong their hand is. When other players call or fold their bets, the player with the best hand wins the pot. There are dozens of variations of poker, and the game is filled with chance and probability.
A poker hand can have five cards of the same suit or a combination of different suits. A hand can also be a high or low combination. A high-quality hand is known as “nuts.”