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Texas Hold'em Rules

In Texas Hold'em poker the dealer position rotates after every deal so that no one is at a disadvantage. The Texas Hold'em game begins with the player to the left of the dealer posting the small bind and the player to his left posting the big blind. The small blind in Texas Hold'em poker is half of the minimum stake and the big blind is equal to the minimum stake.

Texas Hold'em blinds are placed to ensure that the pot is not empty. After the blinds are placed two cards are dealt face down to each player. In Texas Hold'em rules, these cards are called pocket cards or hole cards.

Then up to three rounds of betting follow in Texas Hold'em poker.

The player bet according the possibility of their getting a good Texas Hold'em hand.

This betting is at the minimum level of the Texas Hold'em stakes.

Then the flop is opened, in Texas Hold'em poker the flop is a set of three cards placed faced open.

The Texas Hold'em players reassess their chances of making a good hand using cards from the flop and one further round of betting at the Texas Hold'em minimum stakes takes place.

The fourth community card is now opened, which in Texas Hold'em is called the turn.

Now the betting takes place at the higher level.

In Texas Hold'em it is not necessary for every player to bet all the time, if the player feels that he cannot make a good Texas Hold'em hand he can drop out.

The fifth community card in Texas Hold'em poker is called the river.

This card is now opened and the remaining players get a complete picture of the best Texas Hold'em hand they can make.

A final round of betting takes place after which the remaining players show their hands.

The player with the best hand according to the cards or the best one to bluff wins the pot.

If two people have the same value hands the pot is spilt.

This is a very fun game and when playing in touraments you can relax more when playing as you can only lose a fix amount