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Texas Hold'Em Poker Rules

Whether online poker or played face to face, texas hold'em poker rules are pretty simple to understand. You key to success playing Online Poker is your ability to know exactly what to do. Texas Hold'em is played using a standard 52 card deck. Usually there are no more than 10 players in a hand.

Preflop

The first stage of the game is known as preflop. Each person is dealt two cards face down. These cards are known as the hole cards or pocket cards. Every hand the two players sitting to the immediate left of the dealer have to make a compulsory bet known as the blinds. The player on the dealer's left is the small blind and pays half the ante while the big blind who is on his left pays the whole ante. This is so as to get the betting started. After every hand the dealer moves to the left so too does who the blinds are.

As the blinds are already in the preflop betting round commences with the person to the left of the big blind. Every other player has the choice to bet, fold and raise on seeing their cards. If everyone bets both blinds still have the option of raising if they so want or folding if someone previously has raised. These are universal texas hold'em poker rules.

Flop

After the betting round has concluded the flop takes place which is three cards which are placed face up in the middle of the table. These cards are referred to as community cards and each player can use them however he wants to make the best possible hand.

A round of betting follows beginning with the first player to the left of the dealer who is still in the hand.

Turn

A fourth community card otherwise referred to as the Turn is revealed with another round of betting ensuing. This round of betting again begins with the first player to the left of the dealer who is still in the hand.

River

A fifth community card otherwise referred to as the River is revealed with another round of betting ensuing. Like the previous two, this round of betting again begins with the first player to the left of the dealer who is still in the hand.

Showdown

Those still left in the hand turn over their cards and the winner is that with the best poker hand using any five card combination from the seven available (five in the middle and two in their hand). Each players can use any, both or neither of their hole cards in their five card hand. The winner collects the pot which is the total amount of chips which were bet on that hand. And that's pretty much all there is to texas hold'em poker rules.

In the event of a tie the pot will be split accordingly. The great thing about online poker is that it automatically works out for you who has the best hand and thus who should be declared the winner. All the chips instantly go into your stack without you having to place them there!

These are the basic Texas Hold'Em Poker Rules but like most games there are complications and exceptions.

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