The game of poker is a fun and exciting way to socialize with others while playing a game of strategy and luck. In the Maldives, a popular form of poker is Texas Hold'em. It is a community card game in which players are dealt two pocket cards and must make the best five-card hand using a combination of their pocket cards and five community cards.
In a typical game of Texas Hold'em, each player is dealt two hole cards face down. The players then take turns betting and then the dealer turns over the first three community cards. After an additional round of betting, the fourth community card is turned over. At this point, the players have access to four community cards and can make their best five-card hand using any combination of their pocket cards and the community cards. After the fourth card is revealed, a third round of betting is followed by a final fifth community card, also known as the river. The players now can make their best five-card hand using any combination of their pocket cards and the community cards. After the river card is revealed, the final round of betting is followed by a showdown in which the players reveal their hands and the winning hand is determined.