An Introduction To Texas Holdem Poker

Texas holdem poker is a card game. Played with a complete deck of 52 playing cards. Holdem can be played with as little as two players and max up to eleven players. In this game Regular poker hand ranks is applied. For example a flush beats a straight. A straight beats three of a kind and so on. You can reviews the hand rankings for poker here. In some home poker games you will find a joker in the deck (a "bug"), but in casinos and card-rooms you will rarely find that.

 The typical holdem game goes as follows and is divided into five categories. Texas Holdem Rules For Play

Preflop:

Starting with the dealer button, each person is dealt one card. And then a second card. Both cards are face down. After everyone receives their pocket/hole cards (the two cards face down just dealt), then betting occurs.
Note: the dealer button is a actually a button that says "dealer" on it or "d" that is passed around the table after each hand. It signifies where the dealing is done from.

Flop:

The dealer turns over three cards in the middle of the table (called "the flop"). These are community cards through which each player can use to create the best hand possible out of. Then again betting occurs.

Turn:

The dealer turns over another card making 4th community cards. This fourth card is called "the turn" or sometimes "fourth street". Betting occurs again.

River:

The dealer turns over the 5th and last community card. This is called "the river" or "fifth street". Again the Betting occurs but for the last time.

Showdown:

The remaining players in the hand show their cards in order from the person who bet first. Each player uses his 2 cards, and the 5 community cards to create the best texas holdem hand (total five cards). A player can use any combination, if one card from his pocket cards and 4 of the community cards creates the best hand, it is fine. When all five of the cards in the community make the best hand then everyone splits the pot. This is called "The Board Plays". Also note that in any time during the game a player can fold and get out of the hand. All bets will be lost at that point.