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How to play Poker - Poker RulesThe DeckPoker is played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards. The cards are ranked from high to low in the following order: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Aces are ALWAYS high. Aces are worth more than Kings and so on. The cards are also separated into four suits. Learn to play poker at the Pacific Poker School! - 27 lessons and 25% bonus!! The suits are:
The suits are all of equal value, meaning that no suit is more valuable than another. Hand Rankings (Poker Hands) The object of the game is to end up with the highest-valued hand. From best to worst, hands are ranked in the following order: Royal Flush - This hand is 5 cards in order and of the same suit and is Ace high, so contains (10-J-Q-K-A) Odds of Royal Flush = 649,739 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) Straight Flush - This is the best hand possible, unless you are using wild cards. This is 5 cards in order and entirely the same suit. A straight flush which has an Ace high is called a Royal Flush. Odds of Straight Flush = 64,973 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) Four of a Kind - This hand has 4 cards of the same type (example 4 Aces) and one different card. If there is more than one player with 4 of a kind then the highest 4 of a kind wins. Odds of Four of a Kind = 4164 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) Full House - This hand consists of a 3 of a kind and a pair in the same hand. Ties are broken by the 3 of a kind first and then the pair. Odds of a Full House = 693 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) Flush - A flush is a hand where all of the cards are the same suit (example 2,4,7,Q,K of spades). If there is more than one player with a flush, the high card rule is followed. Odds of a Flush = 508 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) Straight - A straight is 5 cards in order such as 6-7-8-9-10. An ace may be counted as either high (after a king) or low (before a 2). A straight may now wrap though (Q-K-A-2-3). Odds of a Straight = 254 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) Three of a Kind - 3 matching cards of any type along with 2 cards that are not a pair. Odds of Three of a Kind = 46.3 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) Two Pairs - If the hand has 2 different pairs of cards and a 5 different card. If more than 1 player has two pairs then the highest pair wins, if the highest pair is the same, then the lowest pair wins. Odds of Two Pairs = 20 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) Pair - If the hand has 2 cards of the same type (ex 2 Jacks) and the other 3 cards are unique. Odds of a Pair = 1.37 : 1 (Based on standard set of 52 cards with no wild card) High Card - If the hand doesn't have a pair of matching cards or better then the highest card is used. High card is also used to break a tie when players have the same type of hand (ex. one pair). Notes on Poker Hands with the Same Rank: NOTE 1: If two players have Two Pair, the poker hand with the highest Pair wins. If they have the same high Pair, whoever has the second highest Pair in their hand wins. If they have the same Two Pairs, then whoever has the highest fifth card wins the hand. NOTE 2: If two players have the same value Pair, the highest card(s) outside of their Pair wins the hand. Texas Hold'em Poker Game Rules Hold 'Em Poker is a combination of Community Poker and the use of blind bets in place of antes. The main Hold 'Em game from which all others branch is Texas Hold 'Em. In addition to designations of minimum bet and maximum bet, in Hold 'Em Poker (with the exception of Home Hold 'Em), designation will need to be made for the "small blind bet" and the "big blind bet". Instead of starting the pot off with players' antes, Hold 'Em games start off the pot with two blind bets (bets made by players before they even see their cards). The small blind should be slightly less or equal to the minimum bet. The big blind should be twice as much as the small blind. Before looking at their cards, the player to the left of the dealer throws their small blind bet into the pot and the player to the left of the small blind throws their big blind bet into the pot. The player to the left of the big blind is the first player who can actually look at his or her hand before deciding whether or not to see the blinds and call, see the blinds and raise, or fold. The rest of the betting round proceeds as a regular poker betting round, bearing in mind that the two blinds have already invested money into this betting round and only need to see the bumps that were made after them. This applies only to the first betting round. All other betting rounds proceed as per regular poker betting rounds, following the flipping of the community cards. The standard number of community cards in a Hold 'Em game is five. Three cards are flipped after the first betting round ("The Flop"), a fourth after the second betting round ("The Turn") and a fifth after the third betting round ("The River"). The First round of Texas Hold'em: The two players immediately to the left of the dealer button place blind bets to start the pot (similar in principle to an ante). The player to the left of the dealer button posts the 'small blind' (usually equal to half the lower stake. However, as it is just a guideline, the amount of the small blind could be set slightly differently). The player to the left of the small blind is required to post the 'big blind,' equal to the lower stake limit. All the blinds in Hold?em poker are considered live bets and the players who posted them will have the option of checking, calling, raising or folding when the betting returns to their position. Remember, the dealer button (and therefore the small blind and the big blind) move around the table clockwise after each hand, so each player will post the blind bets over time. Once the blinds have been placed, two secret cards are dealt to each player ('hole cards'), after which the first betting round starts. The player to the left of the player who placed the big blind starts the betting for this round. Each player now has the option to place his bets in the first round, which is set at the lower limit of the stakes structure. (For example in a *10/*20 Hold'em game, the value of each bet is *10 for the first round. Therefore, when a user makes the move 'bet,' this is equal *10, and 'raise' is *20?a raise includes a call on the previous bet placed and one additional bet.) Bets can be placed by playing Bet, Call or Raise. These options are available depending on the action taken by the previous player. Each player always has the option to fold. The first player to act has the option to bet, call or raise. Subsequent players have the option of calling or raising. To call is to bet the same amount as the previous player has bet. To raise is to match the previous bet and increase the bet. Every player participating in the hand should have equal amounts of play money bet as the previous players (includes bets, calls and raises). Until the time all the players have placed equal amounts in the pot, the betting will continue. There is a limit on the amount and the number of bets a player can place during a betting round (four bets for limit games). After the first round of betting is over, the Flop (the first three community cards) is dealt. The community cards are common to all the players participating in the hand. The Second Round of Texas Hold'em: After the Flop (and in each subsequent betting round), the first active player left of the dealer button is first to act. The second betting round also limits the value of bets and raises to the lower limit of the stake structure. So in a *10/*20 game, the value of each bet is *10 for the second round. Bets can be placed by playing Bet, Call and Raise. These options are available to each player depending on the action taken by the previous player. The first player to act in this round (the player left to the button) gets the option to bet or to check (to refrain from betting this is only available if no bet has yet been made in the betting round). Once a player has bet, subsequent players will get the Call and Raise options only. After this the fourth community card is dealt; this is known as the Turn. The Third Round of Texas Hold'em: The third betting round starts again with the player left to the button, bets and raises are limited to the upper limit of the stake structure (in a *10/*20 game, *20 is the upper stake?therefore, a single bet in this instance is *20, and a raise is *40 'includes a call on the previous bet and one additional bet). Bets can be placed by playing any of the following options' Bet, Call and Raise. Combinations of these options are available to the player depending on the action taken by the previous player. After this the fifth and final community card is dealt; this is known as the River. The Fourth Round of Texas Hold'em: The fourth (and final) betting round starts again with the player left to the button, bets and raises are limited to the upper limit of the stake structure (in a *10/*20 game, *20 is the upper stake). Bets can be placed by playing any of the following options Bet, Call and Raise. Combinations of these options are available to the player depending on the action taken by the previous player. Once all the bets have been made, there are two possible outcomes: either all the players but one have folded (and hence that person wins the pot), or the remaining players reveal their hands and the best hand wins the pot. The game play remains same for both No-Limit and Pot-Limit Texas Hold?em game with a few exceptions to the rules mentioned above: In limit Texas Hold?em a maximum of four bets is allowed per player during any betting round. This includes a (1) bet, (2) raise, (3) re-raise, and (4) cap, but in No-Limit Texas Hold'em and Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em there is no limit to the number of raises that a player can make. The only limit is that you cannot raise yourself. If all the other players in the hand only call or fold, the player would not get an option to raise, because the last raise was done by him. The betting structure is the same at the play for free tables. Betting Structure for No-Limit Texas Hold'em Poker:,/b> Minimum raise: The raise amount must be at least as much as the previous bet or raise in the same round. As an example, if the first player to act bets *100 then the second player must raise a minimum of *100 (total bet of *200). Maximum eligible raise: The size of your stack (your chips on the table) The betting structure is the same at the play for free tables. The Betting Rules for Pot-Limit Texas Hold'em Poker Minimum eligible raise: The raise amount must be at least as much as the previous bet or raise in the same round. As an example, if the first player to act bets *100 then the second player must raise a minimum of *100 (total bet of *200). Maximum eligible raise: The size of the pot, which is defined as the total of the active pot (which can be either the main pot or the side pot depending on whether anyone has gone 'all-in') plus all bets on the table plus the amount the active player must first call before raising. As an example, if the active pot is *200 and the first player to act in the round bets *150 and the next player calls *150, the third player has a maximum eligible total bet of *800. The *800 total is made up of the *150 call and *650 raise. The *650 max raise portion is equal to the pot of *200 + first player's *150 + second player's *150 + his own call of *150.
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