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Texas Hold em Poker
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
Jan 20, 2007
Texas Hold em Poker:
Poker is one of the best
card games that any card lovers love to play. There are
many people who play this game by sheer love for it.
There are card lovers who always want to play this game
as it is addictive and secondly it’s pretty easy to
play. There are various types in the game of poker
itself. Texas Hold em Poker is one of the types.
Texas Hold em poker
is one of the best games for a beginner to learn. Other
types of Poker games like 7 card stud or Omaha High
require a great number of possibilities for calculating
odds and perhaps even trying to count cards. Texas Hold
em can be learned in a very less time by anyone, and can
be played well with a few hours practice.
Description:
Texas Hold em is a game
that can be played in a group ranging from 2 to 10
people. It is the most popular of the variations of the
game of Poker. It is famous in US as well as other parts
of the globe due to its simple rules and fast paced
play. A Hand of betting in this game consists of upto
four betting rounds. There are blind bets that when
placed, the player gets 2 faced down cards from the
packet.
There is a Showdown
after the fourth and final Betting Round is complete.
The player who possesses the highest ranking of five
cards, which is also called as a Poker hand, using any
combination of the five Community Board cards and their
two Pocket Cards, wins the Pot.
There is a
showdown once the fourth Betting Round is complete. In
the Showdown, each active player combines any
combination of their two Pocket Cards, as well as the
five of the Community Board cards, to make a highest
ranking five card, Poker hand possible.
The player who possesses
the highest-ranking Poker hand wins the Pot. The "Rake"
from the actual pot as to deducted which is the actual
win. The first three rounds are given names- “The Flop",
"The Turn" and "The River ". The hands and bets are
placed in a clockwise sense starting from the left hand
of the dealer.
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