With the exception of initial forced bets, money is only placed into the pot voluntarily by a player who either 🌧️ believes the bet has a positive expected value or who is trying to bluff other players for various strategic reasons. 🌧️ Thus, while the outcome of any particular hand significantly involves chance, the long-run expectations of the players are determined by 🌧️ their actions chosen on the basis of probability, psychology, and game theory.

In contrast to this version of poker, seven-card stud 🌧️ only appeared in the middle of the 19th century, and was largely spread by the US military.[5] It became a 🌧️ staple in many casinos following the second world war, and grew in popularity with the advent of the World Series 🌧️ of Poker in the 1970s.[6]

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Draw poker Five-card draw: A complete hand is dealt to each player, face-down. 🌧️ Then each player must place an ante to the pot. They can then see their cards and bet accordingly. After 🌧️ betting, players can discard up to three cards and take new ones from the top of the deck. Then, another 🌧️ round of betting takes place. Finally, each player must show their cards and the player with the best hand wins.

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