Typically, a game of poker involves one or more rounds of betting. Players will wager on their best hand, according to the rules of the game. Each player is dealt a set of cards, one at a time, with the dealer dealing from a shuffled deck. The aim of the game is to win the pot by being the highest-ranked hand of cards.

Some games have a specific set of wild cards, which are cards that can supplement any other card in a player’s hand. They can also take any suit. Some poker games even add jokers to the deck.

There are also different variations of the game, with some requiring the use of multiple packs of cards. Some games even allow the use of a third deck, allowing players to have a total of 52 cards.

A poker hand is made up of five cards. The best possible hand is a “trip” or two distinct pairs plus a fifth card. It is only possible in some versions of the game, like Texas Hold’em. In other games, a straight or flush is the most powerful hand. In a tie, the highest unmatched fifth card is the winner.

The most basic poker game is played with a standard deck of fifty-two cards. A dealer button is a plastic disk, usually white, that indicates the dealer’s position. The button is moved clockwise around the poker table after every hand, and the betting phase starts with the player in the first-to-act position.