The game of Poker is played with a 52-card deck. It is pretty much a game of chance. There are a lot of skilled and experienced poker players, but when it concerns the deal of the cards there is nothing they can do. Before you sit down at a poker table make sure to read the sign next to the dealer which shows the minimum table limit. After you make the first minimum bet, five cards are dealt at first, face down, to each player. After the first deal players have to make bets. You have to meet the highest bet to stay in the game. It is up to the player to decide which cards he wants to keep and which to throw away. You can hold all the cards as well as discard all of them. After everybody on the table decides which cards they want to hold or discard, the dealer deals the same amount of cards to each player as they threw away. After the final betting round there is a showdown. The hands of the players are compared. The player with the strongest hand is the winner. First Nations Poker Casinos.