Then the Croupier places face up in the centre of the table 5 community cards. Like the original version of the game, it is played with a deck of 52 cards, and the goal is to win your opponents’ stakes, which are symbolised by chips.Īt the beginning of the game, which is played between 2 and 10 players, the Croupier will deal, to you and each of the other players, 2 face down ‘hole’ cards, which are yours and which you alone know the value of.

Today, this simplified version of Poker is the one that is most common in casinos. But it was the online Poker sites of the beginning of the 21st century that made the game the favourite of players around the world. Texas Hold’em was born in Robstown, Texas, as its name indicates, at the beginning of the 20th century and became very popular in the US in the 60s.