Talk:Poker

House edge

Poker is often played in casinos, but do casinos benefit directly from it? Unlike other change games, the casino can't win the pot. Or maybe it can when two players tie, but that's very rare. So how do they gain from it? Or is it just a game to draw people to the casino and hope they try other games as well and spend quite a lot of money on drinks? (I never go to a casino, you know.) Steinbach (talk) 17:59, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

The house doesn't play against the players. They basically charge the players some sort of rent to play at the table. Some ways to do it having a time charge (say $5 a half hour), or they take a percentage of each pot played (say 3% up to some maximum amount, or they take the same set amount from each hand played (say $5). 2005 (talk) 02:00, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Merge in poker equipment

The poker equipment article is an embarrassing unsourced stub. It's not embarrassing that it's unsourced, it's embarrassing that even a stub about a card game specifically states that cards required equipment as a separate bullet point! Who'd a thunk it?! Seriously, though, there's no need for a piss-poor separate article when what little of value exists can easily be merged into this article. Though I think the listing for "cards" can easily be left off. oknazevad (talk) 04:12, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

That page is mostly definitions of stuff, so it would seem better to merge it into Glossary of poker terms. I agree "cards" (and also "table") don't need to be mentioned as they are. 2005 (talk) 06:34, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Agreed with the above; if there is a merge, the glossary page seems the most apt, considering. --Surv1v4l1st ^{▌Talk|Contribs▌} 23:49, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

Changing the profile picture into the cards rather than the people playing it

Hi everyone. I suggest to change the profile picture into the cards rather than showing the people playing it in order to make it more illustrative of the game and because it suits better. Could someone please do this? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.1.220.13 (talk) 13:33, 13 October 2021 (UTC)

No one did the change yet. Could someone please do it? Please reply! Thanks! 186.124.137.27 (talk) 02:44, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

No 142.189.220.77 (talk) 09:00, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

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