By the way, the player with the dealer button doesn't deal the cards in a game in a casino, the dealer does. The first disc is called the dealer button (a white disc with the word 'dealer' written on it). These discs/buttons each move to the next player on the left at the start of every new game. Peter: 'In a casino, there are three different plastic discs/buttons which are placed/put on the poker table in front of three different players sat next to each other (one button/disc placed in front of each player). Juan: 'So, how do you know or remember whose turn it is to make the blind bets?' It rotates round all the players in a clockwise direction (the direction a clock moves) each game.' Peter: 'It is fair because the players who have to make this blind bet (which is called 'blind' because they don't know how good their hand or cards could be) change every game. Juan: 'It doesn't seem fair that the other players can see their cards before deciding if they want to play in the game and putting their chips/money into the pot.' Peter: 'With Texas Hold'em poker, each game starts with two of the players putting their chips/money into the pot before they are dealt their two cards and seeing if they have the possibility of having a good hand. With Texas Hold'em, the players use their two private cards and any three of the five shared cards (which are also called community cards) to make their hand/five cards.' Peter: 'Like any type of poker, the player with the best hand or five cards wins. But from what I've seen with Texas Hold'em, each player only has two private cards and there are five shared card in the middle of the table that are face up and all the players can use them to get the best hand/five cards.' When I've played poker before with friends, each player had five private cards that only the player could see.

Juan: 'I understand the basic rules of poker, the player with the highest hand, the best five cards wins the game, but I am bit confused about the type of poker called Texas Hold'em.

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