Poker rules (Texas Hold'em)

Read all the poker rules you need to know to win! Poker is one of the most interesting casino games and is also a big hit online. This game offers many more winning opportunities than other table games and, in addition, allows you to trump your opponents by bidding tactically. Would you also like to play online (multiplayer) poker ? Read the general poker rules and the Texas Hold'em poker rules here, and you're ready to get your hands on that fat pot!

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Poker rules (texas holdem)

General poker rules: the basics

Poker is a card game in which each player (and in some cases the casino) is dealt a pair of Cards. Those cards can make a winning combination, for example a pair of the same cards. The rules of poker for these ‘hand Cards’ are different in each poker version. Sometimes you are allowed to put away or exchange a few of them, and sometimes you get even more of them in the course of the game.

There may also be a number of ‘community cards’ on the table, which you and your opponents can use to make a winning card combination. The player with the best card combination wins the pot in which (usually) all bets are.

Furthermore, it is important to, by accepting or increasing the bets, scare off your opponent or, conversely, entice him to bet more money. By zo bluff’ even if you don't have the best hand, you can still win the pot of money!

The poker rules of the different poker versions are similar, but there are important details that are different each time. At an online casino, you will Caribbean Stud Poker , Omaha Poker, Three Card Poker playing Texas Hold'em. In this article we discuss the poker rules for Texas Hold'em, the most popular game version among New Zealanders. The poker rules for the other versions can always be read online in the game rooms.

Texas Hold'em poker rules

Are you ready to get to know the most played variant of poker? We discuss the rules of the game here for Texas Hold'em . This game is an ideal version to get to know poker, and it is also the variant with which great poker players earn their millions. We're talking you through one round of Texas Hold'em here. In doing so, we assume that you play it in an online casino against other players. Do you play poker at the Royal Vegas Casino ? Then it all works a little differently.

Starting cards and bets

Each player is dealt two starting cards, which only he or she can see. Then each player is asked to make a bet. Two players sitting side by side at the digital poker table are assigned to bet a ‘Big Blind’ and a ‘Small Blind’. That is a small initial bet, which ensures that there is always a little money in the pot. If you want to play, you have to bet a Big Blind. But you can also pass. You do not participate in this round, and cannot lose or win money. The players with the 'Blinds' cannot refuse to make their bet.

Creating card combinations

What for poker card combinations do you have to have a chance to win? Your final hand may consist of the cards in your hand, the cards that appear on the table, or a combination thereof.

A pair of Cards (‘pair’, for example a ten from your hand with a ten on the table) is a good start. Four of the same cards (‘four of a kind’, for example two eights from your hand with two eights on the table) is fantastic. Five consecutive cards with the same klNZD (e.g. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, all clubs) is fantastic. The lower the probability that a certain combination can be formed by a player, the more valuable he is. Thus, that flush above wins according to the poker rules of the other two combinations. Read the poker rules here for all the card combinations you can form.

Increasing the flop and bet

After the first round of betting, there are probably a few more players who want to join. The first Community Card is dealt face-up on the table, the ‘flop’. Because this card counts for being able to form a card combination, the winning chances of the players shift. Each player now has to decide for himself how he or she reacts to it, and according to most poker rules is now allowed to perform one of these actions:

'Check’: you want to keep playing, and do not increase the bet.
'Raise': you want to keep playing and increase the bet. All players must now place the same bet (‘call’) if they want to continue playing.
'Call': you match someone's increased bet, so you can keep playing.
'Fold': this is done when someone raises the BET, and you have no confidence in your cards. You lay down your cards, leave the game round, and have lost all your bets so far.

According to poker rules, the player with the Big Blind may act first, followed by the player with the Small Blind. The order of play is the same as in the first round. After this round, more players may have lost weight, and the pot is likely to have become a bit thicker.

Turn, river and bluff

After the flop, two more identical rounds of play follow, each time a new community card is exposed on the table. The second and third Cards are called the ‘turn’ and the ‘river’. During these two rounds of play, each player has the opportunity to raise the bet, Draw, go with an increased bet or give it the go-ahead.

Bluffing can occur throughout the game, one of the most enjoyable elements of poker rules. By increasing bets or not, you can make other players give up the game or put more money in the pot. Bluffing is a complex and sophisticated business, where you never know for sure which card combination the other player has or thinks he will get in the next rounds.

If you have a good combination or think you can get it, you can increase the BET in each round so that you end up bringing in more money. You can also leave the bet the same or wait a while with ' callen’, so that your opponents think that your card hand is not very good. On the other hand, even if you do not have any combination, you can panic the other players by increasing the bet each time, so that they leave the game and you automatically get the pot. But be careful: if one of the opponents is not stunned, you are likely to lose!

Winning the game

After the third round of placing bets, all the players ' hand cards on the table are turned over. The dealer or algorithm then points out which player has the best card combination. That player wins the pot, with the wagered money being added to his or her casino account. If two players have exactly the same combination (for example, both have a pair), the pot is divided 50/50 between them. If a player has gone all-in with all of his or her remaining money over the course of the game, that money ends up in a separate pot.

When the winner is selected, a new round of Texas Hold'em poker is started. The positions of the Big Blind and Small Blind then move up one place, so that other players have to make mandatory bets. Now it's time to bet, bluff and win again!