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The card game of poker has many variations, most of them created in the United states in the mid-1900’s.  The standard order of play applies to most of these games, but to fully specify a poker game requires details about which hand values are used, the number of betting rounds, and exactly what cards are dealt and what other actions are taken between rounds.

Popular Poker Variants

The most popular poker variants can be divided into the following groups:

Draw Poker:  Games in which players are dealt a complete hand, hiddin, and then improve it by replacing cards.  The most common of these is Seven-card draw.
 

Stud Poker:  Games in which each player receives a combination of face-up cards and face-down cards in multiple betting rounds.  The most common of these are Seven-card stud and Five-card stud.
 

Community Card Poker:  Games in which each player’s incomplete hidden hand is combined with shared face-up cards.  The most common of these are Texas Hold ‘em and Omaha Hold ‘em.

There are many more variants on the game of poker, but these seem to be the most popular and the ones most commonly played on the internet.

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