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What are community cards in Texas holdāem?
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A poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence is called a flush.
In Texas holdāem, community cards are five cards dealt faceup on the table that all active players share and use to form their best five-card hand.12
These cards are revealed in stages throughout the game:
- The Flop: The first three community cards are dealt faceup after the initial round of betting.12
- The Turn: A fourth community card, also known as "fourth street," is dealt faceup after a second round of betting.12
- The River: The fifth and final community card, or "fifth street," is dealt faceup after a third round of betting.12
To determine the winner, each remaining player combines these shared community cards with their two private "hole cards" to create the highest-ranking five-card hand possible. Before each set of community cards is dealt, the dealer "burns" one card from the top of the deck, removing it from play.12