How to Play Poker, the Most Popular Card Game in the World Without Gambling

Playing cards is a game that can kill free time. There are many types of card games that can be played with friends and family. A popular card game is playing cards.

One playing card box contains 52 sheets which are divided into four types of cards namely Spade (curly), Heart (heart), Diamond (diamond), Club (spade), each consisting of 13 cards from Ace to King), as well as additional cards in the form of two joker cards, black and red.

There are various types of card games in the world. In Indonesia, card games are familiar with the game terms “41”, trump, “rummy”, “hoe”, and others.

Popular card games in many countries are poker, canasta, blackjack, casino, solitaire, bridge, with a different number of players. Even card games are often associated with gambling. This is because there are some people who place bets when playing cards.

However, card games can also be played for mere entertainment when filling in the blanks of time. One of the most popular types of card games in the world is poker. The game of poker has often been featured in foreign films.

Poker Game

Poker is a type of card game  that combines strategy, skill and betting skills. All poker variants involve betting as an intrinsic part of the game.

Poker was developed during the early 19th century in the United States. Since then, poker has grown to become a very popular pastime worldwide.

Poker has grown in popularity since the early 20th century and has gone from being entertainment limited to a select few to a very popular game, both for participants and spectators, including online, with many professional players.

How to Play Poker

There are many variations of conine poker classic games such as 5 Card Draw or Texas Hold’em, but the essence of how to play poker is to have the biggest 5 card combination. The winner is the owner of the card with the greatest combination. This card combination has been predetermined and has become the basic rule in how to play poker.

At the card opening stage, the remaining players compare the cards they have in order of the strength of the card combination. If two players have a combination of cards with the same value or no one has a winning combination of cards, then the player with the highest value card wins (highest value ace).

That way the first way to play poker is to understand the number of card combinations from highest to lowest. Here are the combinations from highest to lowest

1. Royal Flush (10 cards, jack, queen, king and ace, all of the same suit) – has the highest value because it is the most surprising to get. The common misconception is that this card combination is the most difficult to get compared to other similar five cards.

2. Straight Flush (five cards with sequential numbers, all of the same suit) – may not have a king card and two cards simultaneously (eg Q-K-A-2-3).

3. Four of a Kind (four cards with the same number and one random card).

4. Full House (three cards with the same number and two cards with the same number) for a combination of cards that are both Full House, which is stronger is determined by a card that has a higher value than three cards that have the same number.

5. Flush (five cards of the same suit) – any number doesn’t matter.

6. Straight (five cards with sequential numbers, different suits) – may not have a king card and two cards simultaneously (eg J-Q-K-A-2).

7. Three of a Kind (three cards with the same rank, two other cards with different numbers) – if the other two cards have the same rank, it will be a Full House.

8. Two Pair (two pairs of cards with the same number plus one card with a different number).

9. One Pair (two cards with the same number, three other cards with different numbers).

10. High Card (the value of the poker card itself can be in the form of a sequence of cards as well as a picture of a poker card)