POKER RULES

POKER RULES

Basic Terms:

Hand: Hand is the combination of cards a player holds.

Play: A single game, from one shuffle to the next is called a play.

Pot: The pot is the total amount of money placed by players as a bet over the course of a game. A round of poker is a battle for the pot, and the winner of any round wins it as a prize.

Split Pot: If two players have the same hand then they divide the pot equally between them. When the pool is not exactly divisible then the left over amount goes to the player who called the highest bet.

Ante: An enforced bet that must be made by all players before any cards are dealt. An ante encourages action in a game.

Rake: A commission charged by a poker room for every hand played. The rake is usually taken as a percentage of the pot in a given hand. For example, if the rake is 10%, and a pot reaches a final of $10, the rake will be $1. Poker rooms generally use rake as their sole source of revenue.

Showdown: After the last round of betting in a round of poker, a showdown occurs- players must turn over their cards, and compare their five-card poker hands.

Texas Hold`em Rules

Texas Hold'em is the most popular variation of poker, Of all poker games it is considered to have the most strategy of all poker games, yet the rules are quite simple. Here is how a hand of Texas Hold'em is played:

1. Hole Cards. Each player is dealt two cards face down.
2. The Flop. Three cards are dealt face up on the table.
3. The Turn. A fourth card is dealt to the table.
4. The River. Finally, a fifth card is dealt to the table.

The five cards that are dealt on the table are called community cards. Your hand is formed by taking the best hand you can form by using any five out of the seven cards (5 community + 2 hole cards). But remember, all the players have access to the community cards. When played for money, there is a round of betting after a round of cards is dealt so that would be a total of 4 rounds of betting.