The most renowned poker game usually played in home games. Players receive five cards, a round of betting takes place and then each player can draw. Sometimes there is a second round of betting and a showdown.

Flop Games

Any game where there are community cards are dealt face up to players.

High Ball

Standard poker game where the highest hand wins.

High-Low Split

Poker games, such as Omaha and Seven - Card Stud, in which half the pot is taken by the best hand (high) and half goes to the worst (low). Often played with the rule that the low hand must be 8 or better which means that the low hand must have five unpaired cards 8 or lower.

Kansas City

Kansas City Low Ball is Low Ball with the ace as high. Best hand is 2-3-4-5-7.

Low Ball

A variation of standard poker where the worst hand wins or splits the pot.

Omaha

A flop game dealt similar to Texas Hold'em but with four down-cards each. A hand is made using five from a possible nine, but only two must be used from the players down cards.

Poker

A collection of card games sharing the common features of rounds and ranking hands. Poker played in card rooms is often divided into draw, flop and stud games. Common card room games include Razz, Omaha, Texas Hold'em, Pineapple and Seven- Card Stud. Poker games played in private homes vary greatly, numbering into thousands of variations. Not all are covered here measure.

Seven Card Stud

A variation of poker dealing seven cards to each player, but only five cards are used to make a hand. It is usually a variation of up cards and downs cards are dealt; it may be three down cards and four up cards or vice versa, etc.

Stud

A general term for stud games where each player is dealt a number of non-shared cards and a player uses only those cards in a game.

Texas Hold'em

A form of poker in which each player is dealt two cards face down, called hole cards. The players may then use none, one, or both of their hole cards, in combination with five community cards dealt face up, to make the best possible five card hand.