Examples of five of a kind would be four 10s and a wild card or two Queens and three wild cards. Poker Handįive of a Kind - This is the highest possible hand and can occur only where at least one card is wild, such as a Joker. The player cannot reclaim their discards upon finding that a better five-card combination could have been made. The player must separate these cards from the other two, which they discard. In the showdown, each player turns up all of their hole cards and selects five of their seven cards as their hand. The PlayĪfter the initial deal, there is a betting interval.Įach active player receives three more face up cards and one more face down card, with a betting interval after each round of cards dealt. The DealĮach player receives two cards face down and then one card face up, dealt one at a time in rotation. In most Poker versions, the top combination of five cards is the best hand. A player makes a bet in hopes that they have the best pot, which to give the impression that they do. The goal of each player is to win the pot, which contains all the bets that the players have made in any one deal.