Poker is a card game that is played with two to 14 players and involves betting on the value of one’s hand. The object is to win the “pot,” which consists of all bets placed during the hand. The pot is won either by having the highest-ranking hand or by raising a bet that no other player calls. There are many different poker games. Some are more complicated than others, but all of them involve placing bets and bluffing to make up for weak hands.

The game’s rules are based on the rank of cards in a standard deck that has four suits- spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs. Aces are considered high, and 2 is the lowest card in a poker hand.

Each poker game has one or more betting intervals, which end when all players have placed into the pot enough chips (representing money) to have equaled those of the players who came before them or have dropped. Each player must also have a supply of poker chips, which are usually white or some other color and are worth the minimum ante or bet.

Each turn in a Poker game begins with the player to the right of the dealer placing a bet. To match the last bet, a player must say “call” or “raise.” If he doesn’t, he must leave the hand and cannot return to it until the next betting interval. If he does, he must place his chips into the pot to continue the play.