<p>You seem to be familiar with a certain variant, such as the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_%27em" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Texas Hold'em</a> (where you get dealt two cards and a number of five table cards, which are shared between players). Those variants are sometimes called &quot;Poker&quot; in circles where it's not ambiguous to do so (such as a playgroup that exclusively plays Texas Hold'em), but nevertheless have their own name.</p>
<p>The variant of dealing a full hand of cards to players is known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker#Variants" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Straight Poker</a> (or just &quot;Poker&quot;, as it's the oldest variant). It's not a particularily interesting variant by comparison, and therefore has been adapted into a multitude of variants over time. As a result, the &quot;original&quot; variant isn't played a lot today.</p>
<p>In general, poker variants can be played with any amount of players of two or more, and whether they use a separate dealer or shuffling and dealing is done by one of the players is up to preference or the environment you play in.</p>

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<p>I have played poker countless of times especially within a table of around 4-6 players. But then, there are some people I see that had played with only two players and no dealer. They get five-cards each and just like the original game, the winner is based on whoever gets high value or card ranking. Then, I don't know anything else. Can someone explain this to me? The mechanics.</p>

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"Poker" is a broad term for a large number of different games. Most of those games can be played with 2 or more people.
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I have heard it called suicide
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# Two-Player Poker

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-20)

I have played poker countless of times especially within a table of around 4-6 players. But then, there are some people I see that had played with only two players and no dealer. They get five-cards each and just like the original game, the winner is based on whoever gets high value or card ranking. Then, I don't know anything else. Can someone explain this to me? The mechanics.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "Poker" is a broad term for a large number of different games. Most of those games can be played with 2 or more people.  
> **username_2**: I have heard it called suicide  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-07-20. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

You seem to be familiar with a certain variant, such as the famous [Texas Hold'em](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_%27em) (where you get dealt two cards and a number of five table cards, which are shared between players). Those variants are sometimes called "Poker" in circles where it's not ambiguous to do so (such as a playgroup that exclusively plays Texas Hold'em), but nevertheless have their own name.

The variant of dealing a full hand of cards to players is known as [Straight Poker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker#Variants) (or just "Poker", as it's the oldest variant). It's not a particularily interesting variant by comparison, and therefore has been adapted into a multitude of variants over time. As a result, the "original" variant isn't played a lot today.

In general, poker variants can be played with any amount of players of two or more, and whether they use a separate dealer or shuffling and dealing is done by one of the players is up to preference or the environment you play in.


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