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In
Hold'em, players get two down
cards and five community
cards (which are face-up in the middle of the table).
Your hand is determined by using the best five of
those seven cards (in any combination) and the best
hand wins the pot. (The pot may also be won by someone
betting and no one calling prior to the completion
of the hand.)
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here to see Rank of Hands.
To
better help you understand the game, the definition
of the underlined words on this page can be found
in Poker Lingo.
Basics:
There are four rounds of betting in Hold'em. In Limit
Hold'em, one bet and three raises
are allowed for each betting round. To continue to
play, players must act on each betting round and call
all action to them (unless they are "all-in"). Betting
always proceeds in a clockwise rotation.
Here
is the procedure for Hold'em:
1)
Prior to dealing the cards, two blinds
(the Small Blind and the Big Blind) are placed in
the pot by the two players to the immediate left of
the dealer (indicated by the red dealer "button").
The blinds are put in to start the action.
2)
Everyone is dealt two down cards ("hole cards").
The action begins with the player to the left of the
Big Blind folding,
calling,
or raising.
Action continues with all players making one of these
decisions. This is the first betting round.
3)
Upon completion of the first round of betting, the
dealer then turns over three cards (community cards
known as "The Flop").
This is the second betting round. Beginning with this
round of betting (and throughout the remainder of
the hand), the player to the left of the button acts
first. A player may now check (not bet or fold) or
bet if there is no betting in front of them. If there
is betting and/or raising in front of them, they may
Call, Raise, or Fold.
4)Following
the completion of action on the "flop", the dealer
turns over another card (known as "The Turn" or "Fourth
Street"). This is the third round of betting. (In
Limit Hold'em, the amount bet doubles on "The Turn".)
The betting again starts with the player closest to
the left of the button.
5)
Following the completion of action on "the turn",
the dealer turns over the last card (known as "The
River" card or "Fifth Street"). This
is the final round of betting.
6)
Upon completion of the final round of betting, the
best hand wins the pot.
Note: The blinds are determined by the size of the
game.
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buy-ins for Hold'em tournaments.
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