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Poker is a card game in which players wager an amount of money (or chips, representing money) on the possibility of forming a particular hand. A player may choose to raise his stake or fold, and can also bluff by betting that he has a better hand than he actually does (i.e., make a bet without having the cards necessary to form a good hand). Players also use bluffing in combination with raising and folding to create strategic conflicts on the table.<\/p>\n
The game can be played with one or more decks of cards, and a set of standard poker chips. Each chip is worth a specific amount, with the lowest-denomination white chip typically being worth a single ante or bet; higher-denomination chips are usually worth five whites, ten reds, twenty blues, and so forth. Depending on the rules of the variant of poker being played, a player may choose to place all or part of his stake in a pot created by the earlier bets of other players, known as a side pot. If a player wishes to remain in the pot, he must raise his bet by at least the amount of the previous raiser; otherwise, he is entitled to leave the pot. If he leaves the pot, he forfeits any rights in the original pot or any side pots. This is a standard rule that is designed to prevent \u201ccutting\u201d the pot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Poker is a card game in which players wager an amount of money (or chips, representing money) on the possibility of forming a particular hand. A player may choose to…<\/p>\n