Basic Steps How To Play Poker

1. Basic Steps How To Play Poker

2. Texas Hold’em is one of the easiest poker games to play, but the hardest to master. It’s played by absolute beginners and the professionals who have made their living from the game. And you will see many poker lover setting the game as their career option. The game’s unique blend of strategy, psychology, random chance and number crunching has successfully attracted a huge audience. Poker from a normal game has now turned into a passion.

3. Want to try your hands on poker tables, but confused where to start from? Don’t worry, we are here with the easy steps that will help you last longer in the online poker game. If you're interested in learning how to play poker yourself, you’ve come to the right place. We are here with the ultimate start-up guide and poker strategy for Texas Holdem poker. Without further delay, let’s pin you with the important steps to rule the poker games online.

4. 1. The First step suggested is bring a deck of cards and mug up the ranking of the Texas hold’em poker game.

5. Royal Flush (All the same suit, sequence A-K-Q-J-T) • Straight Flush (Any sequence all the same suit, for instance 9-8-7-6-5) • Four of a Kind (Four cards that are the same value, for instance A-A-A-A) • Full House (Three of a kind AND a pair) • Flush(All the same suit) • Straight(A basic sequence such as 6-5-4-3-2) • Three of a kind (Three cards that are the same value such as 5-5-5) • Two-pair(Two pairs, such as 9-9 AND 5-5) • Pair(Any pair whether it’s A-A or 2-2) • High Card (Whatever your highest card is)

6. 2. Then familiar yourself with the poker terminologies

7. Ante- the first, usually small, the amount of money put up in a game, all players must put it up if they wish to be dealt in.  • Fold- to get out of a hand. You just throw your cards away, and that's it. You can do this at any point in the game.  • Check- Not always possible, but if it is, and you don't have a good hand, you can get by another round for free (you don't have to bet)  • Call- if someone bets, you can say call to put up the same amount as him and go to the next round.  • Raise- If someone bets an amount, and you think you have an outstanding hand, you can put up as much as he did, and then some.  • Capped betting - This means you can't bet anymore, you can only call. This happens after about 4 raises, or when the limit is met.  • Bluff- This is when a player doesn't have a very good hand, but bets like crazy so it seems like he does.

8. 3. The last step is to understand the action within the play:

9. Everyone antes up. • The dealer will deal two cards face down called hole cards, starting with the first player on his left, and going in a clockwise motion. • Everyone looks at their cards, and based on what kind of final hand the player thinks he can make out of them, he can either call, bet, raise, or fold. • The dealer will now "burn" the top card of the deck, which means he takes and sets it aside. After he burns the top card, he will flip first three "community cards" which is called lay down the "flop" round.

10. Then the players are supposed to use these community cards with their hole cards to create the best possible hand (5 cards total). After the flop has been flipped, betting will start again, this time from the small blind and ends at dealer if everyone checks, else always ends on the player to the immediate right of the player who raised this round. • Dealer burns another card, and then the dealer lays down one card, called the turn. Another round of betting is followed. Dealer burns another card, lays the down the last and final card. It is called the River. • Last round of betting is followed, then you flip over your cards. Whoever has the best hand (best 5 card combination out of the total 7 cards), takes the pot!

11. I hope the above mentioned guidelines help you build the stacks.Good Luck!

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