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The pot in poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 refers to the sum of money that players wager during a single hand or game, according to the betting rules
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
 of the variant
List of poker variants

The card game of poker has many variations, most of them created in the United States in the mid-1900s. The standard Poker#Game play applies to most of these games, but to fully specify a poker game requires details about which Rank of hands are used, the number of Betting rounds, and exactly what cards are dealt and what other actio...
 being played. It is likely that the word "pot" is related to or derived from the word "jackpot
Jackpot

Jackpot may be:* Grand prize in gambling* Jackpots, Draw poker#Gardena jackpots * Jackpot, Nevada, town* Jackpot, military Operation Jackpot...
".

At the conclusion of a hand, either by all but one player folding
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
, or by showdown
Showdown (poker)

In all poker games, if more than one player remains after the last betting round, remaining players expose and compare their hands to determine the winner or winners....
, the pot is won or shared by the player(s) holding the winning cards. Sometimes a pot can be split between many players.






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The pot in poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 refers to the sum of money that players wager during a single hand or game, according to the betting rules
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
 of the variant
List of poker variants

The card game of poker has many variations, most of them created in the United States in the mid-1900s. The standard Poker#Game play applies to most of these games, but to fully specify a poker game requires details about which Rank of hands are used, the number of Betting rounds, and exactly what cards are dealt and what other actio...
 being played. It is likely that the word "pot" is related to or derived from the word "jackpot
Jackpot

Jackpot may be:* Grand prize in gambling* Jackpots, Draw poker#Gardena jackpots * Jackpot, Nevada, town* Jackpot, military Operation Jackpot...
".

At the conclusion of a hand, either by all but one player folding
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
, or by showdown
Showdown (poker)

In all poker games, if more than one player remains after the last betting round, remaining players expose and compare their hands to determine the winner or winners....
, the pot is won or shared by the player(s) holding the winning cards. Sometimes a pot can be split between many players. This is particularly true in high-low
High-low split

In traditional poker games, the player with the best traditional poker hand wins the whole pot . Lowball variations award the pot to the lowest hand, by any of several methods ....
 games where not only the highest hand can win, but under appropriate conditions, the lowest hand will win a share of the pot.

See "all in"
Betting (poker)

In the game of poker, the play largely centers around the act of gambling, and as such, a protocol has been developed to speed play, lessen confusion, and increase security while playing....
 for more information about side pots.

See also

  • List of poker terms