Texas Hold'em Poker is one of the world's most popular variants of Poker. It allows two to ten players to play on one table with a single deck. At the beginning of this game, each player receives two hole cards. On the other hand, the board consists of five community cards. The first three cards are revealed at once in the 2nd round (Flop), the fourth card is shown in the Turn, and the fifth card is revealed at the final round of betting, called the River. The objective of the game is to make the best five-card Poker hand using two hole cards and five community cards.

Hi (high) means the player with the topmost ranking wins the entire pot at the showdown. Two to ten players can play on one table. This variant is similar to Texas Hold'em, but with one difference, i.e. rather than two hole cards, each player receives four hole cards. In Omaha Hi, it is mandatory for a player to use only two of the hole cards along with the three community cards to make the best five-card Poker hand.

Omaha Hi-Lo variant is similar to Omaha Hi with an exception that at the end, the pot is split evenly between the highest and the lowest-ranked five-card Poker hands. In this game, each player receives four hole cards. Players must use two of their hole cards combined with three from the community cards to make their highest and lowest hands. If at the end, a player has both the best and the low hand, they will win the whole pot which is known as scooping.

7-Card Stud used to hold the same status as Texas Hold'em. Maximum eight players can play 7-Card Stud. Each player in Stud is individually dealt with seven cards. All players playing a hand must pose an ante as well. After this, they will receive two cards face down, and one card face up one at a time in the rotation. Then, every active player will receive three more face-up cards, plus one face-down card. The betting begins with the player with the lowest face-up card and continues for the next four rounds. At the showdown, the active players must turn up their hole cards and choose the best five cards out of seven as their hand. The players must separate cards from the other two cards which they discard. The game aims to make the best highest five-card combination hand using any of the seven cards dealt.

2-7 Triple Draw Poker is a popular variation of draw Poker that uses a lowball hand ranking system. Maximum six players can play. Each player will receive their five-cards to start and can discard any cards in their hand in exchange for new cards to improve their hands. The goal of the game is to make the worst poker combination hand, i.e. the lowest possible five-card hand (7-5-4-3-2, unsuited). The ace is used only as a high card.

5-Card Draw is the simplest variant of Poker. Up to five players can play. Dealer deals five cards to each player, one at a time hidden from their opponents. The player seated to the direct left of the big blind starts the betting action. Once the betting round is finished, the players have the opportunity to draw cards anywhere between 0 and 5. After this round ends, one more round of bets takes place. At the showdown, the remaining players will show the cards, where the player with the highest-ranked five-card Poker hand wins the entire pot.

5-Card Omaha is the same as regular Texas Hold'em or Omaha Hi, but with only one difference of an extra hole card dealt to every player. As a player has one more hole card with them, so they have more chances to make stronger hands. In this game, each player receives five hole cards. After the first betting round begins with the player to the left of the big blind, three cards on the flop, one on the turn, and one on the river are dealt with a separate betting round after each street. Any player left with the hand after the final round of betting goes for a showdown where they show their cards face-up, and the player with the best five-card hand wins the pots (your winning hand must consist of two hole cards and three community cards).

Badugi is a unique game as compared to other Poker variants because of its hand ranking system that it uses to determine the best hand. Two to eight players can play this game. It is a game played with four-card hands. The betting round commences with the player to the immediate left of the big blind. Once the betting round ends, the player proceeds to the first drawing round. They get three chances to discard their cards to improve their Lowball hand. The remaining players left after the final round of betting goes for a showdown, and the player with the lowest set of cards wins. The winning player must have the lowest hand with no two cards of the same suit or rank, and the ace counts as a low card.

Although being a separate variant of Poker, HORSE is an acronym which comprises five different versions of Poker: Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Stud, and Eight-or-better. It is often played in high stakes live games and in an eminent tournament series like the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Every Poker variant follows its usual rules of the game. However, specific to HORSE, all games are played as Fixed Limit with the same stake or structure used in each version. The game proceeds in the same sequence every time- from Hold'em to Omaha Hi-Lo to Razz to Stud and finally to Eight-or-better and turn to the next game after each orbit (full rotation around the table) of play.

Razz is a variant of a Stud Poker where a player has to make the best five-card low hand. Maximum 8 players can play this game. The gameplay of this Poker variant is very similar to 7-Card Stud Poker. Every player is dealt with two face-down cards, including one card dealt face-up. Contrary to Stud, the player with the highest face-up card begins with an action. Also, on the later streets, the betting action starts with the player who has the lowest Poker hand. After the final betting round on the seventh street, the remaining players make a showdown. The player with the worst possible hand scoops the pot.

Chinese Poker is very different from other Poker variants, so it does not follow any of the Poker traditional patterns. There is no betting round, but instead, the player mutually agrees to a certain winning amount before the starting of the game. This game is typically played with a total of four players but can also compete between either two or three players. The objective is the player has to arrange their 13 cards into three Poker hands of different strength: (a) their bottom five-card hand; (b) a middle five-card hand; and (c) their front three-card hand. Once all the players have arranged their cards, the showdown occurs. The players put down their cards face-up on the table. The betting amount is distributed against the matching hand of each player.

Short Deck is a version of Texas Hold'em. Two to ten players can play Short Deck Poker game. The hand rankings in Short Deck is somewhat different than in standard games (flushing beating full houses). 2's, 3s, 4s, and 5's are removed from the deck, leaving the game with only 36 playing cards. If a player is familiar with Texas Hold'em, they will find it easy to understand this game. The goal of the game is to have the highest Poker hand to win the pot.

Pot Limit Omaha also known as PLO, is the most famous variant of Omaha Poker. The dealer deals four cards to each player known as hole cards and five community cards are dealt face-up on the table. In Pot Limit Omaha there is no fixed betting limit, but there is a betting "cap" that sets the maximum bet a player can make. You cannot go beyond that maximum limit. At the betting stage, a player can make a bet equal to big blind or the present size of the pot. Whereas, the maximum size bet keeps on changing depending upon the size of the pot. If a player wants to raise, they can raise by matching the amount that is already in the pot. They should only play premium hands. The player with the best five-card hand by using two of your hole cards and three of the community cards wins.

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