Poker is a card game in which players make bets by placing chips into a pot. The best hands are called nuts, and include the highest pair, trip sevens, and different suits. Those with better odds should call. The dealer is the player to the immediate right of the button, who deals the cards. The button is usually a plastic disk that is passed clockwise after every hand.

A player in a first-to-act position is the first to bet. He or she sits immediately to the left of the big blind. This player may call or raise the bet made by another player. However, the player may only win the pot that he contributed to. The player who has the first bet is known as the “active player.”

To make a bet, a player must ante an amount that varies from game to game. The player can then place a bet into the middle of the pot. The winner of the pot is the player with the best hand. Betting rounds continue clockwise until all players have folded. If everyone has folded, the game is over. In this way, each player will get one chance to raise his or her bet.

Now the dealer has dealt two cards to the table. Dennis is the first to raise and raises twenty cents. Dennis raises and Charley calls. This means that Dennis’s hand is three of a kind.