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Texas Hold'em ()

Game rules

Texas Hold'em is currently the most popular variety of poker and can be played by 2-10 players. At the beginning of a round, each player is dealt two cards face down. During the successive rounds, five more community cards are laid on the table, face up. These consist of the flop (the first three cards), the turn (fourth card), and the river (fifth community card).

Flop	Turn	River

The aim of the game is to build the best possible hand made from your two cards and the five community cards. There are seven cards in all to choose from and players may pick any combination of five of these to make up their hand, provided it's the best possible five card combination.

The player who wins the game and with it the accumulated bets, is the one who can make the best hand or who is the last one still in the round after all the other players have folded.

Game flow

Each playing round, also called a hand, is divided into five basic phases.

Preflop round

Each player is dealt two cards face down known as hole cards. Only that player can see his cards and only he can use them. Chips can then be bet or hands folded.

Flop

After the first betting round the first three community cards are dealt face up on the table, this is the flop. These cards belong to all the players, that is to say, each player can use them to make a hand. Next comes the second round, in which all the remaining players can bet money or chips on their cards.

Turn

The fourth community card is dealt on the table and the third betting round begins.

River

The fifth and final river card is dealt, after which there's one more betting round.

Showdown

After all the cards have been dealt and the final betting round is over, the remaining players compare their cards to see who has the best hand.

Playing order

In Texas Hold'em a different player takes on the role of dealer in each round. This player is indicated by a special chip in front of him called the dealer button. We also describe this player as being on the button. The dealer button moves in a clockwise direction to the next player from round to round. The position of the dealer determines which players must pay the blinds, that is, theobligatory starting bets, if these are being used (which is normally the case). It also determines which player opens a betting round.

Blinds

The small obligatory bet or small blind is payed by the player directly left of the dealer. The player to the left of the small blind pays the big blind.

Dealer

Small Blind

Big Blind

Player order in a betting round

When it comes to the player who opens a betting round, there's a difference between the betting round before the flop and the subsequent betting round. In the betting round before the flop, the player directly left of the big blind goes first. The betting round after the flop is opened by the player directly left of the dealer.

The action moves clockwise around the table in each betting round. So if a player acts, e.g. places a bet, then the player to his left is next to make a decision.

 

The flow of a betting round

Generally, a player can take one of the following actions in a betting round:

Check	A player checks when he passes the action to the next player
Bet	A player makes a bet using money or chips
Call (a bet)	A player exactly matches the bet of a previous player
Raise (a bet)	A player not only calls a previous bet, but also increases it
Fold	A player lays down his cards and withdraws from the round

 

If a player bets or raises, then the subsequent players may either call, fold or raise (provided the limitation on raises per round has not been exceeded). This depends on house rules, although four raises per betting round is often the limit.

If nobody has bet yet, then a player can check the action on without placing a bet, or he can bet himself. The blinds count as a bet in the preflop round, so if necessary the player who has paid the big blind could check, provided nobody raises. A player can also fold, even when nobody has bet.

The action continues to move clockwise aroud the table until all players have folded or the highest bet allowed in that round has been placed. The exception is if a player no longer has enough money or chips to make the required bet. This player can bet what he still has, known as going all-in. The player can't take part in the betting action any more, however his cards remain in the game and have to take part in the showdown, where the remaining players show their cards to determine the winner.

Related topics:

Poker hands, Blind, Flop, Turn, River, Showdown, All-in, Bet, Raise, Check, Fold