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How many hole cards does each player receive in Texas hold’em?

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Five playing cards showing a flush in clubs: king, ten, eight, seven, and five of clubs. — poker A poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence is called a flush.

In Texas hold’em, each player is dealt exactly two cards, known as "hole cards," which are placed facedown. These two cards are used in combination with five community cards dealt faceup on the table to form the best possible five-card hand.1