{"id":2532533,"date":"2024-06-25T19:40:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T19:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/?page_id=2532533"},"modified":"2025-10-30T07:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:31:15","slug":"river","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/river\/","title":{"rendered":"River Definition \u2013 Learn What A River Is In Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In community card games, the poker term &#8220;river&#8221; refers to the last card dealt on the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/board\/\" title=\"Board Definition \u2013 Learn What Is A Board In Poker\">board<\/a>. The river can refer to the actual card or the last <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/street\/\" title=\"Street Definition \u2013 Learn What A Street Is In Poker\">betting round<\/a> that takes place when that card is dealt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/how-to-play-poker\/texas-holdem-rules\/\" title=\"How To Play Texas Hold\u2019em \u2013 Poker Rules &amp; Basics\">Texas Hold&#8217;em<\/a>, the river is the fifth and last community card, following the fourth card, called the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/turn\/\" title=\"Turn Definition \u2013 Learn What A Turn Is In Poker\">turn<\/a>, and the first three cards, which are called the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/flop\/\" title=\"Flop Definition \u2013 Learn What A Flop Is In Poker\">flop<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, let\u2019s say you are holding As5s, and the board runs out as 2c 8s Js Kd, where you decide to <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/donk-bet\/\" title=\"Donk Bet Definition \u2013 Learn What A Donk Bet Is In Poker\">donk bet<\/a> and take down the pot. You ask the dealer to go <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/rabbit-hunt\/\" title=\"Rabbit Hunt Definition \u2013 Learn What A Rabbit Hunt Is In Poker\">rabbit hunting<\/a> and see that the river would have been Qs, in which case, you would have hit your <a href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-hands\/flush\/\" title=\"Flush Definition \u2013 Learn What A Flush Is In Poker\">flush<\/a> on the last card on the river and had the <a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/nuts\/\" title=\"Nuts Definition \u2013 Learn What Nuts Is In Poker\">nuts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/poker-terms\/\">All Poker Terms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/tournament-masterclass\" class=\"adv-link\" aria-label=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png\" alt=\"tournament masterclass unlock\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock.png 1176w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-746x143.png 746w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/pokercoaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tournament-masterclass-unlock-768x148.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" width=\"1176\" height=\"226\"   \/><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In community card games, the poker term &#8220;river&#8221; refers to the last card dealt on the board. 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