If anyone wants to play but is not quite sure how to, we will be posting the rules and regulations shortly today.
You can also Google or YouTube "How to play Texas Holdem" to learn the concept.
Here is a brief rundown.
The object of the game is to try to make the best 5 card hand.
Depending on the limit and betting structure, players will place out blinds and antes so there is an initial amount of betting (called blinds) to get things started. This is called posting.
The first two players to the left of the dealer will post blinds (minimum bets) before the dealer deals. The first player on the left side of the dealer posts a small blind and the second player on the left of the dealer posts a big blind. Then the dealing commences.
The dealer shuffles up a standard deck of 52 playing cards.
Each player is dealt two private cards face down. These are called your hole cards or pocket cards.
Then there is a round of betting starting with the player to the left of the blinds.
This is the preflop betting round. Like most games of
poker, players can call, raise, or fold to the big blind. When it comes back around to the small blind, the small blind has the option to fold, call the last bet or the big blind if nobody raised, or raise, or fold. Then the big blind has the final option to check (if nobody raised), raise, call if someone raised before, or fold if they wish. Once you fold you atomically lose your blinds/antes and they go into the pot for the other players still in the hand.
After the betting round ends, the dealer discards the top card of the deck. This is called a burn card. This is done to prevent cheating.
The dealer then flips the next three cards face up on the table. This is called the flop. These are community cards that anyone can use in combination with their two pocket cards to try to form the best 5 card
poker hand.
The player to the left of the dealer starts another betting round. Which they can check or bet and each player after goes in turn clockwise.
After the betting concludes, the dealer burns again then flips another community card onto the table. This is called the turn.
The player to the left of the dealer begins another round of betting. In many types of games, this is where the bet size doubles.
Again, after that round of betting or checking, the dealer burns a card and places a final card face up on the table. This is called the river. Players can now use any of the five cards on the table along with the two cards in their pocket to form a five card
poker hand.
There is one final round of betting starting with the player to the left of the dealer.
After that, we have the showdown. Players who have not folded reveal their hands, beginning with the player to the left of the last player to call. Players use a combination of their pocket cards and the community cards to form the best five card
poker hand possible.
The player who shows the best hand wins! Although sometimes players with the same hand split the pot.
Here are the best hands from worst to best that can win
poker.
1) High card (if nobody hits a pair, the highest card wins.
2) Pair (the highest pair is AA)
3) Two Pairs (the highest two pair is AA&KK)
4) Three of a Kind (AAA is the best three)
5) Straight (any 5 consecutive cards)
6) Flush (any 5 cards of the same suit)
7) Full House (3 of a kind and a pair, best full house is AAAKK)
8) Quads (four of the same AAAA is the best quad hand)
9) Straight Flush ( 5 consecutive cards in the same suite)
10) Royal Flush (10,J,Q,K,A in the same suit)