![]() ![]() Players can bet up to and including all their money at any point (hence “No-Limit”). Bets are made before each batch of community cards is revealed, and then one more time after the final card is turned over (four total bets). Five community cards are shared and are turned over in an initial batch of three, then one, and then the final card. The rules of No-Limit Texas Hold ’em are simple. It’s time for future leaders to play poker instead of chess. Accordingly a more detailed examination of the game yields valuable insights into the affairs of nations in an anarchic world order. Not only is the construct of the game eerily similar to the geopolitical environment of today, but many of the strategies and choices in the game mirror those available to powers within the international system. However, the game itself, specifically No-Limit Texas Hold ’em, is a remarkable analog for the international system as viewed through a realist lens. Poker doesn’t immediately make you think of geopolitics.
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