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Texas Hold'Em

How to Play

In Texas Hold’Em poker, every player is dealt two cards face down - these are your 'hole cards'. Then there is a round of betting where you can Check, Bet or Fold. This stage of the game is known as pre-flop, and what you decide to do depends on the strength of your hole cards. When all the betting has finished, three shared cards are dealt face up in the middle of the table. This is called the flop. After this there is another round of betting, then a fourth shared card, called the turn, is dealt. There is another round of betting then a final shared card, called the river, is opened. This is followed by the final round of betting. Your hand will be made by using your hole cards and the five cards in the middle, to make the best possible five-card combination. There are two ways a hand can end. One is when the players in a hand turn over their hole cards and the player with the best hand wins. This is known as a showdown. The other is that someone will bet enough that everyone else folds. This is how most hands end in Texas Hold'em – you don't always need the best hand to win, you can scare the other players into folding.

Hand Rankings

Royal Flush
Straight Flush
Four of a Kind
Full House
Flush
Straight
Three of a Kind
Two pairs
Pair
High Card