Texas Hold'em Poker Rules
Texas Holdem is usually the first poker game that everybody learns because it's more popular than all of the other poker games that you can play online or with your friends. Holdem is also one of the easiest poker games to learn and it won't take you longer than ten minutes to learn the rules of the poker game. While the rules of Texas Holdem are simple enough to learn, becoming a great Holdem player will take years of learning and experience.
Before the Deal
Before you deal out the cards you need to decide which player will deal the cards first. The dealer moves one spot to the left after each hand of Texas Holdem, so it doesn't really matter who decides to deal first. Once you've chosen the dealer the two players to the left of the dealer need to place a forced bet into the pot, which is known as a "blind". If you were playing a $5/$10 game of Holdem the player to the immediate left of the dealer would need to pay $5 (small blind) and than the player to the left of the small blind would need to pay $10 (big blind).
Gameplay
The dealer starts the hand by dealing out two cards to everyone in the hand face down. When the cards are dealt out the action begins with the player to the left of the big blind. The player needs to decide if they want to call, raise or fold. If you want to call it'll cost you the price of the big blind, which in our example would be $10. If you want to raise you'd need to put a minimum of $20 into the pot and if you want to fold it won't cost you any money.
When the initial preflop betting round is complete the dealer needs to kill one card (place it face down next to the deck of cards) and than flip over the next three cards on top of the deck. These three cards are community cards that everyone in the hand can use to create the best 5-card poker hand possible. After the flop is revealed there is a betting round, but this time the action starts with the small blind.
After the betting is finished the dealer needs to kill another card and than flip over one card and put it next to the other three cards you already flipped over. This is the turn card and can also be used by everyone left in the hand. There is a round of betting after the turn and than the dealer needs to kill one more card and flip over the 5th and final community card, which is called the river in poker. After the river is revealed the players in the hand complete one final round of betting before flipping over their two cards to see who wins the hand.
The winner of the hand is the player with the best 5-card poker hand. If you don't know the hand rankings I'd suggest reading over a hand rankings chart before you hit the Texas Holdem tables.
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