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Four of a kind turns up about once in every 595 seven-card Hold’em hands. That makes it rare enough to remember and common enough that you’

In hi-lo poker the pot is split in two: half goes to the best high hand, half to the best low hand. In the usual “eight or better”

A full house—often called “a boat”—is one of poker’s most powerful and satisfying hands. It consists of three cards of one rank and two of another, like

Rake in poker is the fee the house charges for running the game. In cash games it is a small percentage taken from each pot, usually 5% online, up to a

A set in poker is three of a kind made with a pocket pair and one matching card on the board. Hold 8♠ 8♥, see a flop of 8♦ K♣ 3♠, and you have a set of eights.

An out is any unseen card that turns your hand into the best hand. Count them, and you know your chances: a flush draw has 9 outs, which comes in 35% of

A bluff in poker is a bet or raise with a hand that wins only if your opponent folds. You are betting that they will give up a better hand.

Omaha is played like Texas Hold’em with one big difference: you get four hole cards instead of two, and your final hand must use exactly two of them

Good PLO strategy comes down to three ideas Hold’em players often learn the hard way: hands run much closer in equity, the winning hand at showdown is

Badugi throws out almost everything you know about poker. The lowest hand wins, not the highest. Pairs hurt you. Matching suits hurt you too.