What is poker?
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Poker is a game of equal chance. Equal-chance
gaming does not involve playing or staking money against a bank (or
dealer) and the chances of winning are equally favourable to all
participants.
Poker ‘escalates' as players bet against each
other. Because of this, players may be drawn into risking
larger and larger amounts of money without appreciating the odds of
losing. Across the world, games of chance played for money or
money's worth are subject to
regulatory controls. One of the reasons for these controls is
to protect players from the risks of losing large sums of
money.
Poker games and tournaments have different
rules depending on where they are played: