These are known as ‘hole cards’, ‘down cards’, or ‘pocket cards’. Each player is dealt two cards, one at a time, face down.Texas Hold’em uses a standard deck of 52 playing cards.Need a reminder of what beats what? Just check out our guide to all the different poker hands.
As five cards are shared between all players (the ‘community cards’ or ‘the board’), everyone has some idea of what the other players may have. Texas Hold’em poker sees players attempt to make the best poker hand they can out of seven cards – two of which can be seen only by them.
