Montana is a state of the northwest United States bordering on Canada. It was admitted as the 41st state in 1889. Most of the area passed to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and was explored by Lewis and Clark in 1805 and 1806. Split for many years among other western territories, the region was organized as the Montana Territory in 1864. Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County.

As the poker game continues to gain fame, Helena poker does too.

Poker is a game of skill, strategy, and luck. But mostly, it’s just really fun. There are several variants on the basic rules and sometimes the best way to play is to switch the version of the game from deal to deal.

Although poker has many variations, they all follow a similar pattern of play and generally use the same hand ranking hierarchy. There are three main families of variants, largely grouped by the protocol of card-dealing and betting. Poker is played with a standard deck of 52 cards. The card rankings, from high to low, are Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace. The Ace can be a high or low card, although in some games Aces are only high cards. The four suits of a deck of cards, spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, are all equal in ranking. Poker hands typically are made up of five cards. The hand with the highest ranking always wins, although in some games known as high-low split games, a low hand can also split the pot with the high hand.

No one really knows how poker came to be. But just the same, it’s a game that everyone simply loves.