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River Card (or River)
The River or river card (also known as 5th Street or Fifth Street) is the name given to the fifth community card (dealt face up) in a community card game such as Holdem or Omaha. In community card games there are a total of five community cards that are dealt.
Each player is dealt two hole cards and an initial round of betting (to see who wants to stay in the hand). This is then followed by the first three community cards dealt, known as the flop and a further round of betting. The fourth community card or turn card is then dealt and another round of betting. This is when the fifth community card or river card is dealt and a final round of betting.
The significance of the river card is that it is the final card that is dealt in which players can make their hand. Often players will miss any of the cards that they need and may try to bluff the pot. Other times players will be said to 'river' their opponents.
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