Common cards: Principle of nine variants of poker

If the majority of the card games have for principle to let players competing by having all hidden individual cards, some variants of poker have for base to break this foundation by proposing common cards, which has moreover made their success on casino tables. The main advantage is to reduce the probability and the possible combination of card games and to offer to each player a bigger capacity to estimate his opponent’s cards. This system offers also a more interesting raise of bid. Texas Hold' Em, the variant of poker the most played is one of these poker games played with common cards. In this game, each player is endowed with 2 “private cards” and 5 common cards which form the board, among which 3 cards are face-up called "flop”, then the another card from the board "the turn", dealt before the fourth betting round and the showdown.

Double Hold' Em is similar to Texas Hold' Em but instead of five face-up cards on the board, there are two lines of five cards. In this variant, the player always has two individual cards then he has to form the best possible game by combining his two private cards with the first row of five cards, then with the second row of the board. The Omaha, a game in which four private cards and a board of five cards and which exists in high fashion or high/lo, the Aviation which is more or less similar to Omaha in term of distribution of cards, Courchevel (5 private cards and a board of 5 cards), Irish (4 private cards and 5 community cards) Pineapple, Crazy Pineapple and Royal Hold' Em are all in this category.