Poker is a card game played between two or more players. It is a game of skill and chance, where players make decisions before all the information is known. The goal of the game is to win by making the best five-card hand possible using your two personal cards in your hand and the five community cards on the table. The highest-ranking hand is a royal flush, consisting of a ten, jack, queen, and king of the same suit in one kind (clubs, hearts, diamonds, or spades).

Each player buys in with a certain number of chips. Each chip has a value, which is usually denoted by color: a white chip is worth $1, a red chip is worth $5, and a blue chip is worth $10. During a betting interval, each player can choose to call a bet (put into the pot the same amount as the previous player); raise (put into the pot more than the previous player); or drop (drop out of the current hand and forfeit all remaining chips).

The size of your bet communicates how confident you are in your hand. Small bets mean you have a weaker hand, while large bets can indicate that you are trying to bluff and encourage other players to call. A good bet size is around a third of the total pot.