Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Texas Hold Em Poker


Basic Principles
Texas Holdem is a poker game with community cards and discovered why some cards are dealt face up in the middle of the table and can be used by all players. Each player is dealt two cards face down or hole cards, which may be combined with the five community cards up on the table to form the best five-card hand possible.

In the last person that is dealt is considered dealer and is marked with a dealer button. At the end of the hand, the direction button is passed clockwise to the next player.

How to play Texas Hold'em
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Blinds
Texas Hold'em In Hold'em, a symbol called "button" or "dealer" indicates which player is the dealer for the current game. Before the game begins, the player immediately behind the button in the sense of clockwise necessarily must bet, and is known as the "small blind". Then the player must wager necessarily sitting immediately after the small blind in the sense of clockwise, and is known as the "big blind" (usually double the small blind). Depending on the exact structure of the game may be asked to bet a "before" (another type of forced bet, usually smaller than any blind, that should make all players at the table).

Now, each player receives two hole cards.
Bet Options
In Texas Hold em Poker , the available actions are to fold, check, bet, call or raise. Such options are available depending on the action taken by the previous player. All poker players have the option to fold, discard his cards and lose all interest in the boat. If nobody has bet yet, a player must pass (reject bet but keep the cards) or to bet. If a player has already bet, the following players may fold, call or raise. Match the bet means betting the same amount as the previous player. Up means not only match the previous bet, but also increase it.

Initial round of betting (Pre-flop)
After seeing their cards, each player has the option to play your hand matching or raising the big blind. The action starts to the left of the big blind, which is considered a bet "live" in this round. That player has the option to fold, call or raise. For example, if the big blind was $ 2, you could match with $ 2 or raise at least $ 4. Then the action continues in the direction of clockwise.

Note: The betting structure varies with different versions of the game. Below is information about different types of bets in limit Hold'em, Hold'em no limit and pot limit Hold'em.

The bet remains in each betting round until all active players (not withdrawn) have bet the same amount in the pot.

The flop
Three community cards are dealt face up on the table (board). This is known as the "flop". In Hold'em, the flop of three cards are community cards available to all players who are still in hand. The betting on the flop begins with the first active player after the button, in the sense of clockwise. The betting options are similar to the pre-flop, but if nobody has bet so far, players can spend, so now is the turn of the next active player in the sense of clockwise.

The turn
When the betting round ends for the flop is dealt the turn your back on the table. The turn is the fourth community card in hold'em (also called "fourth street"). The betting on the flop begins with the first active player after the button, in the sense of clockwise.

The river
When ending the betting round for the turn, share the "river" or "fifth street on your back on the table. The river is the fifth and final community card in a Hold'em game. The active player immediately after the button sitting in the sense of clockwise must return to bet, and apply the same rules as on the flop and turn (as explained above).

The final confrontation or showdown
At the end of the last betting round, if there is more than a poker player, the first person to bet / raise must show his cards. If there was no bet in the final round, the player after the button in the sense shown clockwise their cards first. The player with the best five-card hand wins the pot. If several players have identical hands, the pot is split equally between the players with the best hands. Under the rules of Hold'em, all suits are equal.

Once the boat was delivered, and you can start a new game of Hold'em. The button now moves to the next player in the sense of clockwise, turn to another betting round and before, and re-distributed new hands to each player.

Texas Hold'em Limit, no limit, pot limit and mixed
The rules are the same for Hold'em poker games with limit, no limit and pot limit, with certain exceptions:
Limit Texas Hold'em
The limit Hold'em bets are made in quantities and structured. Before and during the flop, all bets and raises must be equal to the big blind. The turn and river, all bets and raises must double its value. In limit Hold'em bets are allowed up to four for each player in each round of betting. It includes one (1) bet, a (2) raise, a (3) re-raise and (4) cap (rise over).

No Limit Texas Hold'em
The minimum bet in No Limit Hold'em is equal to the big blind, but players can bet all your chips any time.

Minimum raise: In no limit Hold'em, the raise must at least match the previous bet or raise in the same round. For example, if the first player to act bets $ 5, the second must raise a minimum of $ 5 (making the total bet is $ 10)
Maximum rise possible: the amount of your stack of chips (which have on the table).
As there is no limit Hold'em cap in the number of raises allowed.

Pot limit Texas Hold'em
The minimum bet in No Limit Hold'em is equal to the big blind, but players can bet all your chips any time.

Minimum raise: The raise must be at least equal the previous bet or raise in the same round. For example, if the first player to act bets $ 5, the second must raise a minimum of $ 5 (making the total bet is $ 10).
Maximum raise: The size of the boat, which is defined as the sum of active boat and all bets on the table plus the amount the active player must first call before raising.

Example: if the pot is $ 100 and there has been no prior action in the betting round, a player can bet a maximum of $ 100. After that bet, is the next player's turn in the direction of clockwise. That player may fold, call $ 100 or raise any amount between the minimum ($ 100 more) and the maximum. The maximum bet in this case is 400 $: the player must match $ 100, so the jackpot rises to $ 300, and then up another $ 300, reaching the total bet $ 400.

In pot limit Hold'em no cap in the number of raises allowed.

Texas Hold'em Mixed
In Mixed Hold'em, the game varies between rounds of Limit Hold'em and No Limit. Usually the blinds go up when the game goes on without limit to limit to ensure consistency in the average size of the pot in each game. The rules for betting in each round are for that game, as described above.

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