Texas Hold’em is played using a standard 52 card deck, and between

two to ten players. Big tournaments may include 🌧️ many hundreds of players but during any

one hand, the player is only competing against others on his or her 🌧️ table. Before every

hand, one player is designated the nominal “dealer”, identified by a marker known as

the dealer button 🌧️ or “button”. This person does not actually deal the cards –