Traditionally, the game is played by dealing each player four down cards, just like in Omaha. Then you put out four community cards with a total of five betting rounds. Players use any combination of all eight cards to make their best five-card poker hand. Standard poker hand rankings apply.

It's primarily a skill game, although luck plays a huge role. In any single given hand, luck is the predominant factor in who will win or lose. However, poker players don't play a single hand. They play hand after hand after hand… and overall, skill dominates.

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The origin of the word "poker," as the title of a game, is not entirely clear. However, it is most likely an adaptation of the French poque, the name of a similar card game. Poque is almost certainly the game that poker evolved from. "Poker," as the name of the card game, was first documented in 1834.

It is always the best five cards that make a five card poker hand that determines the winner loser or split. Holdem is played with seven cards, and the two cards that are not part of the best five card hand count for absolutely nothing in determining if a pot is won lost or split.