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Poker?
How many people are in a standard poker game?
And is it adjustable?
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Poker can be played several different ways.
A game of five-card draw can have up to six players. This limit is imposed by the number of cards in a deck. Remember that you can discard up to three cards, or four if you hold an Ace. Therefore, if you have six players and they all draw the maximum possible number:
Player 1 starts with five cards (including an ace) and draws four. Total: 9.
Player two does the same. Total: 18
Player three does the same. Total: 27
Player four does the same. Total: 36
That's all four aces, so player five can only draw a maximum of three. Total: 44
Player six does the same as player five. Total: 52.
For this reason, most other poker games are also limited to six players, but they don't need to be. A game of seven-card stud can theoretically have seven players; five-card stud can accomodate ten. Texas Hold 'em can have as many as twenty-two (probably one of the reasons it's so popular).
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