Deal and the board

Each seated player gets two hole cards face down. Five community cards are dealt to the center in stages: three on the flop, one on the turn, one on the river.

Your hand is the best five-card combination you can make using any mix of your hole cards and the board. You may use both hole cards, one, or none (playing the board).

Example: you hold A♠ 9♦ and the board is A♥ K♣ 9♠ 2♦ 2♣. You have two pair, aces and nines, with a king kicker available from the board — not 'aces up with a nine' as six cards. Always reduce to five.

• 2 hole cards
• Flop 3 / turn 1 / river 1
• Best five-card hand