If you would like to learn about poker it’s best to start with the rules for five card poker.  When you play online you will find that you are probably sitting to the right of the dealer most of the time as this seat is usually reserved for the online player.  When you are sitting to the right of the dealer you will be the last person dealt to.

When you play regular five card poker online you will also probably find that all of the cards dealt to online players are dealt face up except for one of the, which is the exchange card.  In this variant of poker only one card can be exchanged and the online players are the only players that are dealt face up.  When you are playing at a table you will find that the cards are dealt from a single deck of 52 cards and the dealer will deal one card to each of the players at the table from left to right.  When all of the live players have one card a card will then be dealt to the online player face up.  One card is then dealt to the dealers hand but this card is dealt face down.  This process is repeated again and again until all of the players receive their fifth card face up and then deals a fifth card to themselves, also face up. At this point the online players will be dealt their exchange card and the initial dealing is completed.