Poker

Silverelephant.biz poker is not one game, but a large family of related games. Hence the online poker rules may vary from site to site. There are so many variations of these poker rules that it sometimes seems a new "family member" appears every time someone picks up a deck of cards.Poker table Still there are general poker rules and principles that unite almost all games that fall under the name of poker.

The object of Silverelephant.biz online poker is deceptively simple: win the money in the pot during a round of play by either having the best poker hand (highest ranking five-card hand) when the wagering is done or by forcing all other players out of the hand. The pot contains all money contributed during a hand, including antes, which are used to seed the pot before each hand begins.

Almost all poker games use a regular deck of 52 cards, comprised of four suits (clubs, diamonds, heart and spades) that each have 13 cards ranking as follows from highest to lowest: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. (Note that the poker rules for most games stipulate that the ace can also be counted as the lowest card).