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Poker is a family of card games involving betting and individualistic
play whereby the winner is determined by the ranks and combinations of
their cards, some of which remain hidden until the end of the game.
Poker games vary in the number of cards dealt, the number of shared or
"community" cards and the number of cards that remain hidden. The
betting procedures vary amongst different poker games in such ways as
betting limits and splitting the pot between a high hand and a low
hand. The most popular form of poker is Texas Hold'em.
In most modern poker games, the first round of betting begins with
some form of forced bet by one of the players. In standard poker, each
player is betting that the hand he has will be the highest ranked. The
action then proceeds clockwise around the table and each player in
turn must either match the maximum previous bet or fold, losing the
amount bet so far and all further interest in the hand. A player who
matches a bet may also "raise," or increase the bet. The betting round
ends when all players have either matched the last bet or folded. If
all but one player fold on any round, then the remaining player
collects the pot and may choose to show or conceal their hand. If more
than one player remains in contention after the final betting round,
the hands are revealed and the player with the winning hand takes the
pot. With the exception of initial forced bets, money is only placed
into the pot voluntarily by a player who, at least in theory,
rationally believes the bet has positive expected value. Thus, while
the outcome of any particular hand significantly involves chance, the
long-run expectations of the players are determined by their actions
chosen on the basis of probability, psychology and game theory.
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