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

two to ten players. Big tournaments may include 7️⃣ many hundreds of players but during any

one hand, the player is only competing against others on his or her 7️⃣ table. Before every

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

the dealer button 7️⃣ or “button”. This person does not actually deal the cards –