• the deck of 52 cards in four colours – clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades. Every colour is represented by 13 cards, from 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J/Jack/, Q/queen/, K/King/ and Ace. Very seldom, there is Jocker to cover any of the card.
• It is played with single hands. Every hand is a series of bidding of players, in effect of which the stake money goes up, it is the prize for the winner.
• Some of the players have to bid blinds to open the pool and to motivate other players to play
• Every hand starts with hole cards, there are some community cards in the middle of the table visible to every player
• Playing options/ depending on position on the table, stakes, bids, players actions/:

CHECK – carry on playing without bidding, waiting for the next card or other players moves

BET – the first bid is on, raising the stake

RAISE – deal of the stake in the round

CALL- to match the amount all the bets/bids/ and raises

FOLD – resignation of the game

The game of poker finishs with the comparison of the cards orders and finding the player with the highest order/ according to orders rating/. If two or more players have the same high order, they share the money even. In some of the poker types / Hi-Lo version/, the person with the highest and lowest order in hand wins.