Learn to play Texas Hold’Em in 60 seconds
Texas Hold’Em is a simple game, but starting to play it online can be difficult for newbies. You always have to learn a few rules just to make sure you don’t make a bad figure at the green table and you also have to choose the right virtual place to play from among the thousands and thousands of internet sites that offer online games.
I chose to describe the poker room that you can find on Popyeah.com and try to teach you some quick rules that you can apply to become Texas Hold’Em God! Popyeah.com is a very popular multiplayer online gaming site and it is very well done. You can find there a large online gaming community and many opponents to play with in one of 100 (and more) games with high quality graphics and sound.
You can save your game scores and climb rankings and charts; you can join tournaments playing against other players and become part of a great community. What I want to stress is that Popyeah.com is NOT an online casino and you cannot win real money. There you can play real SPORTING POKER to have fun and relish the challenge. Also, and I can say that this is really cool, in Popyeah you can play for free and you can also insert your personal profile, upload your photos, manage your personal blog, create your friends list and communicate with many other people. All of our games have a built-in chat subsystem that allows for real-time communication between players as they play. Players can also Skype each other during the game.
And now for the rules…
Texas Hold’Em Poker is a variation of poker in which each player is dealt two cards and then uses a combination of those two cards and the five community cards to form a hand. The player with the best hand wins.
Below is a ranking of poker hand types from worst to best.
A PAIR – occurs when a player has two face cards of the same value in his hand, for example, two kings, two tens, two aces, etc.
TWO PAIR – occurs when a player has a pair of the same face cards twice, eg two kings and two aces, two thirds and two tens, etc.
THREE OF A KIND – as the name says, it happens when a player has three cards of the same value, for example, three aces.
LADDER – five cards (of different suits) that are stacked one after the other, for example 7,8,9,10,J.
FLUSH – five cards of the same suit, for example A,J,10,7,2.
FULL HOUSE: A set of EVEN and THREE OF A KIND, which means, for example, K, K, A, A, A.
FOUR OF A KIND – As the name suggests, it happens when a player has four cards of the same value, for example, four kings or four aces, etc.
STRAIGHT FLUSH – the strongest game in the game. They are five cards of the same suit that are grouped one after the other, for example A,K,D,J,10 of spades.
At the start of the game, two cards are dealt to each player. This is followed by the first round of betting between the players. All bets go to a pot. The dealer then reveals three community cards. This is followed by a second round of betting. A fourth community card is then revealed, followed by another round of betting. Finally, the fifth community card is revealed and there is a final round of betting. After the final round of betting, the player with the best five card suit wins the pot.
During each of the four betting phases of the game, players can perform a number of actions:
Bet: The first player to bet money and put that money in the pot has placed a bet. In Texas Hold’Em there is no limit to the amount of money players can bet. A bet is only called a bet when the player is the first player to bet. Otherwise, it is called a call or a raise.
Call: When a player is NOT the first player to bet, and calls the bet of the previous players, his bet is called a call. If a player doesn’t call, he must raise or fold.
Raise: When a player is NOT the first player to bet and raises the previous players’ bet, their bet is called a raise. When a player raises, they increase the amount of money at stake by increasing the bet. In Texas Hold’Em, there is no limit to how much a player can raise.
Checking: Checking means not putting money in the pot. If the players before him have checked (they don’t put any more money in the pot), then the player can also check. But if the players before him have bet, called or raised, then the player cannot check. You must call, raise or fold.
Fold – The player gives up this round of betting, losing all the money they have put into the pot for this round.
The basic rule is that all players must have the same amount of money in the pot. If a player doesn’t want to put at least the same amount of money into the pot, that player must fold.
That’s all! You are ready to start playing Texas Hold’Em Poker and have fun!
