Poker is a card game played by two or more players. The aim is to make the best five card hand, using your own two cards and the five community cards dealt. Players place a bet (called a “pot”) with their chips and can win the pot by making a good hand, or by betting well and forcing weaker hands to fold. Each player has a different set of cards and does not know his or her opponents’ cards. The dealer burns a card before dealing each round.
If a player has a strong hand, he can raise the stakes by saying “raise” before placing his chips into the pot. Other players may say “call” to match the new bet or to stay in the hand, and may also say “fold” if they don’t wish to increase their stakes.
Articles on the history of Poker mention a wide variety of earlier vying games, not all of which are relevant to its genesis. However, the game is thought to have evolved from a number of these games and from card-games played on riverboats in the Mississippi delta.
A good article about Poker will cover the rules of the game and its variants, as well as discussing the strategy used in the game, including bluffing. It should also include interesting anecdotes and a thorough explanation of the cards themselves, and discuss tells—the unconscious habits that poker players exhibit that reveal information about their hand.