Poker is played with a regular deck of 52 cards without Jokers. To play the game of Poker you will need some luck. One can be a pro in Poker, but when the cards are dealt luck is the same for everybody. You have to read the table with the minimum and maximum bets before you play Poker. You can find this table next to the dealer. After you make the first minimum bet, five cards are dealt at first, face down, to each player. After this first deal the first round of betting starts. You must at least call to stay into the game. Then you have to decide which cards you want to keep and which to discard. If you have good cards you can hold all of them, if you have bad cards you can throw away all of them as well. The cards which were thrown away will be replaced with the same number of cards. After the second and final deal the betting is about to start. 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. Online Poker Minimum Bet.