Online Poker
Rules for Poker
Poker is played with a regular deck of 52
cards without Jokers. It is pretty much a game of chance.
Sure there are a lot of professional players out there but the
chance is always the same for anybody to get the right cards or not.
Before you sit down at a poker table make
sure to read the sign next to the dealer which shows the minimum
table limit. After you make the first minimum bet, five cards are
dealt at first, face down, to each player. After this first deal
the first round of betting starts. You must at least call to stay
into the game. Afterwards you have to decide which cards you
want to keep and which ones you want to throw away. You can hold or
throw away as many cards as you like. After everybody on the table
decides which cards they want to hold or discard, the dealer deals
the same amount of cards to each player as they threw away. After
this second and final deal the betting is about to start. After
everybody on the table is done with the betting the highest ranked
hand wins and gets whatever is in the pot in the middle.
Betting!
So how does the betting work? In most games you must at least "Ante"
something just to get cards dealt. After all the cards are dealt you
basically have three choices:
Call: If you call, you just bet
enough money to match what has been bet since the last time you
bet. For instance, if you bet a dollar in the last betting round
and somebody bets 2 dollars, you have to call with one more
dollar.
Raise: If you want to raise you
first have to call the highest bet on the table. After you call
the other amount it is basically up to you how much you want to
bet. Let's take the example from above: Somebody on the table
raises a dollar, you have to call him with a dollar and then you
can raise whatever you want. Most tables have a raising limit
which depends on the minimum table limit. So if you are playing on
a table with a minimum of one dollar you might not be able to bet
more than ten in one round.
Fold: If you fold you drop out of
the current round and lose any chance of winning the pot in the
middle. This should be done if you think your hand has no chance
of winning anyway. When you fold you don't have to put anything
into the pot.
Ranking of the hands!
From lowest to the highest.
High Card / This is any card
which doesn't qualify as any of the hands below. If nobody on the
table has a pair or better the highest card wins. In the case
multiple players have the same highest card you look at the second
highest, then the third and so on. High cards are also used to
break ties if there are multiple high hands. So if you have two
pairs and somebody else the same two pairs the fifth card
determines the winner.
Pair / One pair with three
distinct cards. High card breaks ties.
Two Pairs / A hand with Two Pairs
(Two Tens and Two Queens for instance), highest pair wins, the
fifth card determines winner in case two players have the same
ranked pairs.
Three of a Kind / Three cards of
the same value (Three Nines for instance), again high card breaks
ties.
Straight / Five consecutive cards
but not from the same Suit (8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen), highest
straight wins, two straights of the same value split the pot.
Flush / Five cards of the same
Suit (7, 9, 10, Queen, Ace), they need not to be in particular
order, if flush ties the highest cards wins
Full House / Two cards of one
Value and Three cards of another Value (Two Sevens, Three Kings),
highest full wins.
Four of a Kind / Four cards of
the same Value (Four Kings for instance), highest four wins, in
this case there is no count of high card because obviously there
are only four cards of the same suit and value in a deck.
Straight Flush / Five cards of
the same Suit in consecutive order (8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen of
Diamonds)
Royal Flush / Same as the
Straight Flush but highest card must be Ace (10, Jack, Queen,
King, Ace)
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