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Hold'em
- Introduction And Rules
Texas Hold’em is currently the most popular poker game in the world. It is the game you see all the pro’s playing on television, in the no limit form. The game is very easy to learn, but difficult to master. You will find the game offered with all sorts of limits online. The game is played as limit, no limit, and pot limit.
In Hold’em, each player is dealt two down-cards. These cards are private and no one will see these cards unless the hand goes to a showdown. After everyone receives his or her two down-cards, there is a round of betting known as preflop betting. Players are betting on the quality of their two down-cards.
After this round of betting, three cards are placed on the board. This is known as the flop. These cards are community cards and can be used by all of the players. If I had AK down and Joe Bob had AJ down and the board is AK4, I would have a two pair (aces and kings) and Joe Bob would have a pair of aces. When the flop appears, there is another round of betting.
After the flop betting, a fourth community card is dealt. This is known as the turn. There is another round of betting. After this, the final community card is dealt: the river card. After this card is dealt, there is a final round of betting.
As you can see, each player has two personal cards and five cards that are shared with the other players. When one makes his best hand, he does so with any of the 7 cards. You can use one, two, or none of your own cards to make your hand (if you use none of your own cards, you can only hope for a tie as you are using only communal cards.) Thus, let’s say I have A8 and the board is 679TK. In this scenario, I have a straight, ten high. Let’s do another example. Suppose I have 34 and you have AJ. The board at the river is 34J99. In this example, you win. You have two pair, JJ99A (jacks and nines with an ace kicker) and I have two pair, 9944J (nines and fours with a J kicker). While I make two pairs with my down cards (threes and fours), my best hand is 4 communal cards and one of my down cards.
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