Outline of poker

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to poker:

Poker – family of card games that share betting rules and usually (but not always) hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown (in some games, the pot is split between the high and low hands), limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.

Contents 1 Nature of poker 2 Equipment of the game 3 Rules of the game 3.1 Poker hands 3.2 Poker variations 4 Game play 4.1 Poker strategy 4.1.1 Poker plays 4.1.2 Poker probability 4.1.3 Poker psychology 5 Poker venues 5.1 Organized poker 6 History of poker 7 General poker concepts 8 Poker personalities 9 Related games 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

Nature of poker

Main article: Poker

Poker can be described as all of the following:

• Game
  • Card game
• Sport
  • Mind sport

Equipment of the game

• Playing cards
• Poker chips

Rules of the game

• Betting in poker
• Public cardroom rules
• Cheating in poker

Poker hands

• Rank of hands
• Standard poker hands
  • Straight flush
  • Four of a kind
  • Full house
  • Flush
  • Straight
  • Three of a kind
  • Two pair
  • One pair
  • High card
• Non-standard poker hands

Poker variations

• Draw poker (including five-card draw)
• Stud poker (including five-card stud and seven-card stud)
• Community card poker (including Texas hold 'em and Omaha hold'em)
• Casino games with poker-like rules (including Caribbean stud and Pai Gow poker)
• Three card poker (including three card brag)
• Four card poker
• Chinese poker
• Non-standard poker hands

Game play

• Poker tools

Poker strategy

• Fundamental theorem of poker
• Morton's theorem
• Pot odds
• Other gameplay and strategy

Poker plays

• Aggressive plays –
• Bluff –
• Check-raise –
• Draw –
• Isolation –
• Position plays –
• Protection plays –
• Slow plays –
• Steal –

Poker probability

• Poker probability (Texas hold 'em)
• Poker probability (Omaha)

Poker psychology

• Tells

Poker venues

• Online poker –
• Casino –
• Card room –

Organized poker

• Tournaments
  • World Series of Poker
  • World Poker Tour
  • Other notable tournaments

History of poker

Main article: History of poker

• Poker boom

General poker concepts

• Glossary of poker terms
• List of playing-card nicknames
• Casino token
• Poker jargon

Poker personalities

• Notable poker players

Related games

• Poker-related games include:
  • Non-poker vying games commonly played along with poker such as:
    • Seven twenty-seven
    • Bourré
  • Unrelated games that use poker hands in various ways, such as:
    • Liar's poker

See also

• Poker companies
• Poker television programs

References

External links

• Poker at the Open Directory Project
• Poker at the Yahoo! Directory

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