Texas Hold’em is played using a standard 52 card deck, and between
two to ten players. Big tournaments may include 🗝 many hundreds of players but during any
one hand, the player is only competing against others on his or her 🗝 table. Before every
hand, one player is designated the nominal “dealer”, identified by a marker known as
the dealer button 🗝 or “button”. This person does not actually deal the cards –