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Texas Hold'em Game Play:
 The game begins by the dealer giving each player one
card. The person who received the highest card
receives the button. The button is used to establish
the dealer position. This position is called the
button and it rotates clockwise after every hand.
When
the button's position has been established, the dealer
collects the single cards, shuffles again, and now
deals two cards (called the hole cards) to each
player. Every player receives two cards face down. The two players to the left of
the dealer are the small blind and the big blind,
respectively. They are the only players who have money
in the pot before the cards are dealt.
The first
betting round begins with the player sitting
immediately to the left of the big blind, and
continues clockwise. When the first betting round is
completed, three community cards are flipped face up
on the table. This is called the flop.
The second
round of betting begins with the first remaining
player seated to the left of the button. The betting
resumes, clockwise. When the second round of betting
is finished, a fourth community card is flipped face
up on the table. This is called the turn.
The third
round of betting commences with the first remaining
player sitting to the left of the button. The betting
moves clockwise, with the bets doubling on the turn.
When the third round of betting is over, a fifth
community card is flipped face up on the table. This
is called the river.
The fourth round of betting
starts with the first remaining player seated to the
left of the button. The betting continues to move
clockwise.
The players must
combine their hole cards with the community cards to
make the best possible 5-card poker hand. It is
possible to use both hole cards, one hole card or no
hole card (play the board), in an effort to make a
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Ranking
OF Poker Hands
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Royal Flush
The best possible hand. Ace, King, Queen, Jack
and 10, all of the same suit. A
royal flush is actually like an ace high
straight flush. Which suit it is doesn't matter
in poker. Two people with royal flushes would
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Straight Flush
A straight flush is a straight (5 cards in
order, such as A-2-3-4-5) that are all of the
same suit. As in a regular straight, you can
have an ace either high (A-K-Q-J-T) or low
(A-2-3-4-5). You can not use the Ace in a
wraparound and example would be K-A-2-3-4, which
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Four of a Kind
Four cards of the same rank like four Aces or
Four Jacks. If there are two or more hands that
qualify, the hand with the higher-rank four of a
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Full House
A full house is a three of a kind and a pair,
such as 7-7-7-3-3. When there are two full
houses the tie is broken by the three of a kind.
An example would be K-K-K-4-4 would beat
J-J-J-A-A. |
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Flush
A flush is a hand where all of the cards are the
same suit non-consecutive, such as Q-10-3-5-7,
all of Diamonds. When flushes ties, follow the
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Straight
Five cards in rank order, but not of the same suit. An example of a
straight is 6-7-8-9-10. The Ace can either be
high or low card, either A-2-3-4-5 or
10-J-Q-K-A. When two straights tie, the highest
straight wins, K-Q-J-10-9 would beat 6-5-4-3-2.
If two straights have the same value, AKQJT vs
AKQJT, the pot is split. |
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Three of a Kind
Three cards of any rank. The highest ranking
three of a kind in ties would win. Q-Q-Q-3-7
would beat J-J-J-4-2. |
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Two
Pair
Two distinct pairs of card and a 5th card. The
highest ranking pair wins ties. If both hands
have the same high pair, the second pair wins.
If both hands have the same pairs, the high card
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Pair
One pair with three distinct cards. Highest
ranking pair wins. High card will any breaks
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High Card
When a hand has none of the above possible
rankings, then it comes down to who is holding
the highest ranking card. If there is a tie for
the high card then the next high card determines
the pot, if that card is a tie than it continues
down till the third, fourth, and fifth card.
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Probability in Poker
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Here is a simple
trick for deciding if you should draw or not in Texas
Hold’em Poker. The first thing you need to do is to
figure out how many "outs" you have. An "out" is any
card that gives you a made hand. Simply count the
number of cards available that give the hand you are
drawing to. For example: suppose you hold AD 8D and
the flop comes QH 9D 4D. You have a possible flush
draw. There are more thirteen diamonds in the deck and
you are looking at four of them now, the two in your
hand, and the two on the community board. That leaves
nine diamonds left in the deck, and two chances to hit
one.
The trick to figuring out the approximate % chance of
getting the flush is to multiply your outs times the
number of chances to hit it. In this situation that
would be nine outs multiplied by two chances, or
eighteen. Then take that number, multiply it by times
two, and add a percentage sign. The approximate % of
the time you will make the flush is 36%. (The exact
percentage is 34.97%, pretty close heh!)
Now let's say for example that on that same flop you
hold the Jd Th. In this case you would have an open
ended straight draw with eight outs to hit the
straight (four Eights and four Kings). Eight outs with
two cards to come will give you sixteen outs. Multiply
by times two and you will hit the straight
approximately 32% (31.46% exactly) of the time.
A very important thing remember is that the % stated
is NOT the percentage of time that you will win the
hand, merely it's only the percentage of the times
that you will hit the hand you are drawing to. You may
get your hand and still lose. But still, knowing the
approximate likelihood of making your hand is a good
starting step on the road to being a better poker
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