Texas Holdem Poker

Texas Holdem Poker is a popular card game that is well-known to each poker player. The rules of this game are as follows: each player has two cards, face down, and then five cards are dealt in the middle of the table, face up. These five cards are shared by all the players and are called “community” or “shared” cards.

When Texas Holdem Poker is played in a casino, the dealer’s chip is used. This chip is moved in a clockwise direction in the breaks between the games. It is very important because the dealer can close the circle bet, and this is a great advantage for his hand.

The main goal of the Texas Holdem Poker is - to build the best possible five card hand, using community cards that are combined with the players’ hole cards. The player who gets the best hand is the game winner.

Texas Holdem Poker is played as follows:

One player is a dealer; two players to the left of the dealer must make the blind bets. The first player makes a bet that is equal to half of the minimum bet at a poker table. This bet is known as a small blind.

The second player makes a bet which equals to the minimum bet at the table. The bet is called a big blind. After these bets two cards are dealt face down to each player on the table. The player sitting to the left of the Big Blind starts the game. Then the first three face up cards are being dealt at the same time. This step is called a flop.

The next round of bets in Texas holdem poker begins with the player sitting to the left of the dealer and continues in the left direction. If there is no bet on the table, a player may bet or check (which means to neither bet, nor fold - the turn simply passes to the next player). If there is a bet on the table, a player may call, raise or fold. When the betting round is closed, the next card is dealt, face up. The card is known as a turn. In the next round of betting and in the final round the value of a bet increases to the table maximum. When the betting round is closed, the final card is dealt. The card is called a River. The best hand takes the pot in the final round of the Texas holdem poker.