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When playing most variations of poker, the player with the best five-card hand wins the pot. There are many different hands a player can make, ranging from a high card to a royal flush. Some of these hands don’t require all five cards. For example, a flush is five cards of the same suit, so the player is using all five cards to...

I always look forward to reading the poker column in the Sunday issues of the Los Angeles Times. They are usually interesting. Unfortunately, it seems they are only written for the pros and other high-stakes players. It would be appropriate to have a few columnists for us recreational players who prefer low/middle limit hold’em and represent the majority of poker players. At...