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The 11 pages that link to Texas hold ’em, each with the reason it gives.

• PokerBroader topic: Its private and shared cards create the format used in many major tournaments.

• Poker handBroader topic: Its seven available cards produce the best five-card hand under standard rankings.

• Seven-card studCompared with: Unlike seven-card stud, it deals shared cards and gives every player the same community board.

• Community card pokerBroader topic: Its two private cards and five-card board are the format’s best-known arrangement.

• Five-card drawCompared with: Its shared board contrasts with five-card draw’s private hands.

• Poker strategyBroader topic: Its widespread use has produced many standard strategic tools and examples.

• Five-card studCompared with: Community cards replace the individually exposed cards central to five-card stud.

• Stud pokerCompared with: Unlike stud, it gives all players access to the same community cards.

• Draw pokerCompared with: Its shared-board strategy offers a prominent alternative to draw poker.

• Phil HellmuthNarrower topic: It is the game played in the WSOP Main Event Hellmuth won.

• Phil IveyRelated: Ivey won major events in this format, where public tournaments made his skill visible.