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Rules of Texas Hold’em Poker
Texas Hold’em is the most popular of all poker variations.
Texas hold’em is so popular that is the only poker game many players will ever learn.So how do you play Texas hold’em?
The goal of a Texas hold’em game is to use your hole card and in combination with the community cards to make the best possible five-card poker hand.
In a game of Texas hold’em, each player is dealt two cards face down (the ‘hole cards’)
Throughout several betting rounds, five more cards are (eventually) dealt face up in the middle of the table
These face-up cards are called the ‘community cards.’ Each player is free to use the community cards in combination with their hole cards to build a five-card poker hand.
It’s always possible a player can “bluff” and get others to fold better hands
the five community cards are dealt in three stages:
The Flop: the first three community cards.
The Turn: the fourth community card.
The River: The fifth and final community card.Your mission is to construct your five-card poker hands using the best available five cards out of the seven total cards (the two hole cards and the five community cards).
You can do that by using both your hole cards in combination with three community cards, one hole card in combination with four community cards, or no hole cards.
If the cards on the table lead to a better combination, you can also play all five community cards and forget about yours.
In a game of Texas hold’em you can do whatever works to make the best five-card hand.
If the betting causes all but one player to fold, the lone remaining player wins the pot without having to show any cards.
For that reason, players don’t always have to hold the best hand to win the pot. It’s always possible a player can ‘bluff’ and get others to fold better hands.
If two or more players make it all of the way to the showdown after the last community card is dealt and all betting is complete, the only way to win the pot is to have the highest-ranking five-card poker hand.
A game of Texas hold’em feature several betting rounds
Players get two private and up to five community cards
Unless all players abandon the game before the showdown, you need the highest poker hand to winHow to Play
Let’s have a look at all the different key aspects of a Texas hold’em game, including the different positions at the table and the betting rounds featured in the game.The Button
The play moves clockwise around the table, starting with action to the left of the dealer button.The ‘button’ is a round disc that sits in front of a player and is rotated one seat to the left every hand.
When playing in casinos and poker rooms, the player with the dealer button doesn’t deal the cards (the poker room hires someone to do that).
In when you play poker home games with friends the player with the button usually deals the hands.
<em The button determines which player at the table is the acting dealer
The first two players sitting to the immediate left of the button are required to post a ‘small blind’ and a ‘big blind’ to initiate the betting.
From there, the action occurs on multiple streets:
Preflop
Flop
Turn
RiverEach one of these moments (or ‘streets’ in the game’s lingo) is explained further below.
The button determines which player at the table is the acting dealer.
In Texas hold’em, the player on button, or last active player closest to the button receives the last action on all post-flop streets of play.
While the dealer button dictates which players have to post the small and big blinds, it also determines where the dealing of the cards begin.
The player to the immediate left of the dealer button in the small blind receives the first card and then the dealer pitches cards around the table in a clockwise motion from player to player until each has received two starting cards.
Before every new hand begins, two players at the table are obligated to post small and big blinds.
The blinds are forced bets that begin the wagering.
Without these blinds, the game would be very boring because no one would be required to put any money into the pot and players could just wait around until they are dealt pocket aces (AA) and only play then.
The blinds ensure there will be some level of ‘action’ on every hand.
In tournaments, the blinds are raised at regular intervals.
As the number of players keeps decreasing and the stacks of the remaining players keep getting bigger, it is a necessity that the blinds keep increasing throughout a tournament. In cash games, the blinds always stay the same.
The player directly to the left of the button posts the small blind, and the player to his or her direct left posts the big blind.
The small blind is generally half the amount of the big blind, although this stipulation varies from room to room and can also be dependent on the game being played.
In a “$1/$2” Texas holdem game, the small blind is $1 and the big blind is $2.
First Betting Round: Preflop
The first round of betting takes place right after each player has been dealt two hole cards.The first player to act is the player to the left of the big blind.
This position referred to as ‘under the gun’ because the player has to act first. The first player has three options:
Call: match the amount of the big blind
Raise: increase the bet within the specific limits of the game
Fold: throw the hand away
If the player chooses to fold, he or she is out of the game and no longer eligible to win the current hand.The amount a player can raise to depends on the game that is being played.
In a game of no-limit Texas hold’em, the minimum opening raise must be at least twice the big blind, and the maximum raise can be all of the chips a player has in his or her stack (an “all-in” bet).
here are other betting variations in hold’em poker.
In fixed-limit hold’em (or just “limit hold’em), a raise is always exactly twice the big blind.
In pot-limit hold’em (played much less often than the other variations), players can bet anywhere from the amount of the big blind (the minimum bet allowed) up to the total amount in the current pot.
After the first player (‘under the gun’) acts, the play proceeds in a clockwise fashion around the table with each player also having the same three options — to call, to raise, or fold.
Once the last bet is called and the action is ‘closed,’ the preflop round is over and play moves on to the “flop.”
Second Betting Round: The Flop
After the first preflop betting round has been completed, the first three community cards are dealt and a second betting round follows involving only the players who have not folded already.
In this betting round (and subsequent ones), the action starts with the first active player to the left of the button.
Along with the options to bet, call, fold, or raise, a player now has the option to ‘check’ if no betting action has occurred beforehand.
A check simply means to pass the action to the next player in the hand.
Again betting continues until the last bet or raise has been called (which closes the action).
It also can happen that every player simply chooses not to be and checks around the table, which also ends the betting round.
Third Betting Round: The Turn
The fourth community card, called the turn, is dealt face-up following all betting action on the flop.
Once this has been completed, another round of betting occurs, similar to that on the previous street of play.
Again players have the option to options to check, bet, call, fold, or raise.
Call – match the amount of the big blind
Final Betting Round: The River
The fifth community card, called the river, is dealt face-up following all betting action on the turn.
Once this has been completed, another round of betting occurs, similar to what took play on the previous street of play.
Once more the remaining players have the option to options to check, bet, call, fold, or raise.
Fold – throw the hand awayAfter all betting action has been completed, the remaining players in the hand with hole cards now expose their holdings to determine a winner.
This is called the showdown.The Showdown
Players construct their hands by choosing the five best cards from the seven available
The remaining players show their hole cards, and with the assistance of the dealer, a winning hand is determined.
The player with the best combination of five cards wins the pot according to the official poker hand rankings.
AChat Poker
The poker game is played with exactly the same rules.When you get in a room you are assigned a playing amount of 1,000$
This money is virtual, it has nothing to do with the A$ or real money.
It is allocated to you to play NAKED POKER ONLY.You gain nothing and lose nothing.
Whenever you get in room, you start with this amount of 1,000$This game is for fun and entertainment only.
The table has 9 players and you = 10 players in total.
You can talk together as you play. Only the free users cannot talk!Suits and card values:
The ace is the highest card and the 2 the lowest card.Poker Hands Ranked Highest to Lowest
Royal Flush – A straight from a ten to an ace with all five cards of the same suit. In poker all suits are ranked equally.
Straight Flush – Any straight with all five cards of the same suit.
Four of a Kind – Any four cards of the same rank. If two players share the same Four of a Kind (on the board), the bigger fifth card (the “kicker”) decides who wins the pot.
Full House – Any three cards of the same rank together with any two cards of the same rank. Our example shows “Aces full of Kings” and it is a bigger full house than “Kings full of Aces.”
Flush – Any five cards of the same suit (not consecutive). The highest card of the five determines the rank of the flush. An Ace-high flush, which is the highest possible.
Straight – Any five consecutive cards of different suits. Aces can count as either a high or a low card. Our example shows a five-high straight, which is the lowest possible straight.
Three of a Kind – Any three cards of the same rank. Example – three-of-a-kind Aces, with a King and a Queen as side cards – the best possible three of a kind.
Two Pair – Any two cards of the same rank together with another two cards of the same rank. Example – the best possible two-pair is Aces and Kings. The highest pair of the two determines the rank of the two-pair.
One Pair – Any two cards of the same rank. Example 2 Aces is the best possible one-pair hand.
High Card – Any hand not in the above-mentioned hands. Example Ace card is the best possible high-card hand.
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