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How to Play Texas Hold’em

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I know that most people will already know the basics of playing Texas Hold’em. But for those of you who are beginners, I find the video below is very helpful. It explains subjects like positioning on the poker table and some of the other basics that you might not know if you are new to the game.

Texas Hold’em is a variation on standard poker. Popular in casinos, tournaments, on websites like poker30.net and on television for the competitive, confrontational, and action-packed nature of the game, Texas Hold’em is one of the most widely played variations of standard five card hands and seven card studs. It also accounts for the ‘H’ in poker games of H.O.R.S.E. or H.O.S.E.

Called both hold’em and holdem, the game was created in Robstown, Texas, in the early 1900s. Traditionally played with two cards that are placed face down to each one of the players, in addition to these hole cards five community cards are later placed on the board by the dealer. After dealing the hole cards the top card, or “burn card” as it is known, is removed from the deck to prevent cheating. Dealing rounds then continue.

In what is first known as the “flop”, three cards are placed on the board for the players. Depending on the betting structure and limit being played, players will use both blinds and antes to create a posting or pot, as betting can occur both prior to the flop and after it; players also have the ability to fold, check, raise, or bet following each deal. A pair referred to as the “turn” is then dealt, and two more cards are put down on the board for players’ consideration. Lastly a single card is dealt, on what is known as the “river.”

After the river players have one last opportunity to place bets, using the five cards currently on the board to create a standard poker hand; ranging from the royal flush to the high card, winning Texas Hold’em hands are similar to those in conventional poker. In what’s known as the “showdown,” players then show their hands and the winner is determined. Two players with the same hand conventionally split the pot.

When playing Texas Hold’em, it’s important to consider both your opponents and the flop carefully. Many people will play ace-king, ace-queen, and ace-jack draws as pocket aces. While all three can be great drawing hands, they’ll be useless unless the flop offers a pair, flush, straight, or full house. The flop is 71 percent your hand and what happens after the flop can be just as important to the game as the hole cards you were dealt initially. As with such, it’s also important to remember that certain hands that might seem best to fold with in earlier positions could potentially be raising hands later on.

Good starting hands in a fixed limit pot include a pair of aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens, as well as an ace-king pair and an ace-queen pair; if you’re trying to hit the pot pre-flop, pairs of nines, eights, and sevens and ace-jack, ace-seven, king-queen, king-jack, queen-jack, jack-ten, and ten-nine pairs are best. By not playing hands that seem unsuccessful pre-flop, you can prevent yourself from playing out hands that will ultimately be losses. Having appropriate starting hand standards and self-imposed limits can be fundamental in preventing your bankroll from shrinking. And, consistently making good choices with your gameplay, is the best way to assure you play to win.


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