Texas Holdem

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Texas Holdem is the king of poker games because its rules are simple, but the strategy for the game is quite intense. It will only take you a few minutes to learn the basic rules, but nobody will ever completely master Texas Holdem.

Each player receives two hidden cards and then combines those cards with any of the five community cards to make the best possible five card poker hand. Each player can use any combination of their hole cards and community cards to make the best hand possible. This includes the use of one, two, or none of the player’s hole cards.

Putting Out the Blinds

• There are two blinds in Holdem - a small blind and a big blind. The player directly to the left of the dealer puts out the small blind.
• Once you have the blinds out, you're now ready to deal the first hand.

Preflop

• When all players receive their hole cards, you are now in the preflop betting round.
• Each player must look at their cards and decide what action they would like to take.
• Players can call, raise or fold when it's their turn to act.
• A betting round ends when two conditions are met:
  • All players have had a chance to act.
  • All players who haven't folded have bet the same amount of money for the round.

The Flop

• This is done by dealing the top card in the deck face down on the table, followed by three cards face up.
• The first player to act is the next player with a hand to the left of the dealer.
• This person may check, bet or fold. The action then continues clockwise.

The Turn

• The dealer burns another card and puts one more face up onto the table.
• The player to the left of the dealer begins this round of betting.
• This person may check, bet or fold. The action then continues clockwise.

The River

·       The dealer burns another card before placing the final face-up card on the table

·       This is the final card and no more cards will be dealt in this hand.

·       The betting round is the same as the betting round on the turn.

Showdown

• Once the river betting round has been completed, the players now enter into the showdown.
• Here the best hand wins the pot.