But this is a situation that belongs in fact only to the so-called ‘home games’, that is the games between friends in which, for convenience, the role of dealer is rotated based on the position at the table and who finds themselves playing on the button. In fact, there is the figure of the dealer, who in the context of a tournament or a Sit & Go or a cash game table, is responsible for shuffling and distributing the cards, in addition to collecting the bets that are made from time to time, show the board (or a certain number of cards common to all the players involved in the hand) and finally assign the pot to whoever has won it.Įxclusively in case of lack of dealers, or in an informal situation, the person who distributes the cards may also be of the game and we will speak of Self-Dealt, that is, self-distribution.

Analyzing it in detail, it turns out that in the gambling halls and at the casino those who mix the 52 cards cannot play. It is not the beginning of a new culinary recipe, but the first of the Texas Holdem rules.

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