Texas Hold’Em is a simple game, but getting started online can be difficult for beginners. You always have to learn a few rules just to make sure you don’t look bad at the green table and you also have to choose the right virtual place to play from among the thousands upon thousands of internet sites offering 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 a 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 the 100 (and more) games with high-quality graphics and sound.
You can save your game scores and scale leaderboards and tables; you can join tournaments playing against other players and be part of a great community. What I want to underline is that Popyeah.com is NOT an online casino and you cannot win real money. There you can play real SPORTS POKER to have fun and try the challenge. Also, and I can say that this is really good, 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 enables real-time communication between players as they play. Players can also talk to each other on Skype during the game.
And now let’s go to 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 from worst to best of the types of poker hands.
ONE PAIR: occurs when a player has two figures of the same value in his hand, for example, two kings, two tens, two aces, etc.
TWO PAIRS: occurs when a player has a pair of the same figures twice, for example, 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 rank, for example, three aces.
STRAIGHT: five cards (with different suits) that are grouped one after another, 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 PAIR and THREE OF A KIND, which means, for example, K, K, A, A, A.
FOUR OF A KIND: As the name says, it happens when a player has four cards of the same rank, for example, four kings or four aces, etc.
STRAIGHT FLUSH – The strongest set in the game. They are five cards of the same suit that are grouped one after another, for example A, K, D, J, 10 of spades.
At the beginning 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 one 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 game 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 raise.
Call – When a player is NOT the first player to bet and matches the previous players’ bet, their bet is called a call. If a player does not pay, they must raise or fold.
Raise: When a player is NOT the first player to bet and increases the bet of the previous players, their bet is called a raise. When a player raises, the amount of money at stake increases by increasing the bet. In Texas Hold’Em, there is no limit to how much a player can raise.
Check: Check means not putting money in the pot. If the players before him have checked (they did not put any more money in the pot), then the player can also check. But if the players before him have bet, called or raised, the player cannot check. You must pay, raise or fold.
Fold – The player gives up on this betting round, losing all the money they have put into the pot in this round.
The basic rule is that all players must have the same amount of money in the pot. If a player does not want to put at least the same amount of money in the pot, that player must fold.
That is all! You are ready to start playing Texas Hold’Em Poker and have fun!