Community Cards

Community cards are face-up cards dealt in the center of the table that all players can use to make their best poker hand. Community cards are most common in games like Texas Hold’em and Omaha.

How many community cards are there?

In Texas Hold’em and Omaha, there are five community cards, dealt in three stages:

• Flop (3 cards)
• Turn (1 card)
• River (1 card)

How players use community cards

Each player combines their hole cards (private cards) with the community cards to create the best possible 5-card poker hand.

Why community cards matter

Community cards create shared information and strategy. Players use them to:

• build strong hands
• bluff convincingly
• read possible opponent hands based on the board

In short: Community cards are shared cards that everyone plays with — they shape the entire strategy of Hold’em-style poker.