Poker is a card game played by two or more players. It involves betting between players and is a skill based game that requires the ability to read opponents, predict odds, and keep a cool demeanor while making big bluffs.
Each player antes some amount of money (typically chips) before the cards are dealt, and then places the same amount in the pot each time it is their turn to act. They can Call if they want to match the bet of the player before them, Raise if they think their hand is good enough, or Fold if they don’t.
After everyone has acted, the remaining players reveal their cards and the winner is determined. The highest hand wins the pot, depending on the game variant being played.
A poker hand consists of five cards. The lowest hand is a pair (two matching cards of the same rank) and the highest hand is five of a kind. If a player has more than one hand with the same ranking, they look at their high card to break the tie. A high card is any card that is higher than any other card in the player’s hand, for example a pair of sixes beats a hand of five queens.