Poker is a card game of chance played between two or more people. The object is to win a pot (the aggregate of the bets placed by each player) by having the highest poker hand at the end of the betting round. There are a number of variants of the game, but all have the same basic elements.
A poker game is usually played with chips, with each chip worth a set amount depending on the color and value of the chip. For example, a white chip is worth the minimum ante or blind bet, and a red chip is worth five whites. The players “buy in” by placing their chips into the pot and are then dealt cards. There are many different strategies to playing poker, but the best ones focus on reading your opponents and maximizing the strength of your own poker hand. This includes paying attention to subtle physical poker tells as well as the size of your raise and stack sizes (when short stacked, it is better to play fewer speculative hands and prioritize high card strength).
Let’s say you get dealt a pair of kings off the deal. This is a pretty good starting hand but as the betting rounds go by you start to realize that everyone around you has a decent poker hand too. This is because most players are bluffing most of the time instead of playing a solid poker hand.