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 –