This is the best-known version of poker played in casinos, largeiy because it is the form played in the televised global tournaments in both the UK and the US.
The object of the game is for each player to make the best poker hand from two cards dealt to him face down (hole cards) and five 'community' cards dealt face up in the centre of the table during play.
Any combination is possible in achieving this - that is, players are not obliged to use their hole cards.

The role of the dealer is significant for the order of betting in this game, so although the casino provides a dealer to distribute the cards the table also has a 'notional' dealer, indicated by a disc or button that passes anticiockwise around the table to each player in turn with each deal.
The casino dealer always shuffles the cards and burns the top card before play.
Before any cards are dealt, the two players to the left of the notional dealer each stake a blind bet. The first player makes a "small blind": a percentage of the minimum bet - usually a half or a third.
The second player makes a "big blind": the minimum bet.

Order of play
Following the posting, or pushing to the centre of the tabie, of the blind bets, the casino dealer deals each player two cards face down, and betting begins.

First betting interval
Each player examines his cards and betting starts with the player to the left of the big blind. He must call, raise, or fold, but is not allowed to check because the blind bets have been made.
As the betting goes around the table, players 1 and 2 must also call, raise, or fold. Both will have to raise their stakes to the current level of betting in order to call, and add more to raise.
With more than one player raising on his turn, the betting may go around the table several times before all the bets of those players remaining in are equal, at which point the betting interval ends.