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Poker, in the vast majority of it`s forms, is played with a standard deck of 52 cards. Occasionally the game may call for more of less cards -- the most common variation being the addition of wild cards, such as jokers. A deck is composed of 4 suits -- clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. Each suit contains 13 cards, ranked from highest to lowest as: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. In some games, the ace may be the lowest ranked card instead of the highest. In others, it may be both the lowest and highest ranked card.
Four suits: spades  , hearts  , diamonds  , clubs  . All suits are equal.
Joker is the card that can come into all combinations. The usage of jokers depends on the type of the game. Any card may become a joker, e.g. four cards of the two or any other cards.
The number of cards depends on the type of the game. In Draw Poker this number amounts to 5 (they are dealt face down). In Stud Poker each player gets 5 or 7 cards (the rest of the players should know his cards).
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