POKER!!!!

My hobby these days is to play poker. I first learned to play poker when I was in middle school, and we started to play poker because of a Korean drama that was about a cool guy playing poker to win his fortune. At first, we did not even know all the rules and patterns, we just played for fun. However, we started to know all the rules and hands, and the games started to get more and more competitive. 

There are a lot of ways to play poker, such as seven poker, texas hold'em, and so on. My favorite way is texas hold'em. At start, people on the table each get two cards, and see what they got. If they choose to keep playing, they say 'check'. And the other three cards get open on the table, and all the people share those cards to make their hands. And then, people who are in the game startes betting. After people are done with betting, another card gets open on the table, and people starts betting again. Also, very important, players can fold their cards, which means they quit playing a game, but once they bet chips, even though they fold, they loose the chips they have bet. Anyways, after they are done with betting, the last fifth card gets open and the players again starts betting. When the betting finishes, the players open the two cards they got from the beggining and compare who got higher hands. The winner gets all the chips that are bet.

There are lots of hands in poker.

I know, poker is a gambling that many people loose their money. However, playing poker only with chips, and playing for fun can be a very enjoyable hobby. Playing for fun with your friends will blow your stress!!