Poker uses a standard pack of playing cards, 52 cards (there are some poker games that uses more or less depending on the variations such as adding wild cards like jokers). The card ranking is as follows Ace (the highest), King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 (the lowest), Ace (this may also be the lowest card depending on the variations you are using, but it is usually the highest).
There are four suits (spades  , hearts  , diamonds  , and clubs  ). No suit is higher than another. All poker hands contain five cards, the highest hand wins.
The use of Wild Cards depends on the variations, wild cards take on whatever rank or suit you want it to take. A wild card can either be a seperate card added like a joker or you may specifiy a certain card in the standard deck to be wild like dueces, or whatever else.
The number of cards dealt is dependant on what type of game you are playing: 5 card stud, you are dealt five cards and 7 card stud, you are dealt seven. I know this is obvious, but I don't want anyone to get confused. Five card draw is the standard poker game where 5 cards are dealt to each player face down.
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