How to Play Texas Hold Em Poker
Texas Hold em Poker is great for Beginners
Over the last few years Texas Hold em has become one of the most popular games of poker. Texas Hold em poker is one of the easiest games of poker to play and so it is a great game to start off with if you are new to poker. Just with anything if you want to be good you have to practice and so even though texas Holdem poker can be learnt in minutes play as often as you can to build your skills.
How To Play Texas Hold em Poker
Begin the Game - A game of Texas Holdem Poker usually has around nine to 10 players. The beginning of the game can start in a few different ways, sometimes antes are used (predetermined amount to play the game so there is money in the pot for example $5 each) or sometimes blind bets are used where the two players to the left of the dealer place the big and small blinds. The big blind is the table’s minimum to play and the small blind is half the big blind. Some games require you to play both antes and blinds.
Next the Cards – The dealer shuffles up the pack (52 cards) and deals each player two cards face down, these are called pocket or hole cards.
Place your Bets – the player left to the player who placed the big blind starts and has a choice of whether to call, raise or fold. Call means to place a bet that is equal to the big blind (the previous players bet). Raise means to place a bet higher than the big blind, and fold means to back down from the game. Betting continues around the table in a clockwise direction. The amount the player can bet depends on the type of game you are playing.
The Board – after everyone has placed their bets, three cards are dealt face up in the centre of the table, this is called the board. These cards are community cards which means everyone will use them in their hands along with their pocket / hole cards. There is another round of betting which starts from the left of he dealer, each player can call, raise or fold. Another community card is placed in the centre of the board (4th card) which can be used to make up your poker hand. Then each player has another round of betting. A fifth card is drawn and placed into the middle known as the river or street card. A final round of betting occurs.
The Finale – each player that is left in the game shows their pocket cards and the player who has the best hand (the pocket cards combined with a selection of the board cards) wins the game and the pot.
Brad Potter
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October 23rd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
How to play poker texas hold em?
Any free sources where I can learn how to play poker texas hold em?
And would like to play some free texas holdem while I learn too
Thank you !
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:19 pm
do you have mates who could teach ya? it’s hard and long to explain in writing
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October 23rd, 2009 at 11:21 pm
go on Facebook and play it as an application!
I am wicked
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October 23rd, 2009 at 11:23 pm
well, the best place to PRACTICE would be pokerstars.
just go to pokerstars.com to download the software and start playing online.
Furthermore, you can find information on how to play texas hold ‘em at the following link which is also on pokerstars.com:
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/games/texas-holdem/
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hope this helps
pokerstars.com
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:25 pm
You can find some nice resource about the Texas hold em poker on the following website : http://www.pokermanhattan.com/
You can learn there to play poker and play absolutely free.
Enjoy
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http://www.pokermanhattan.com/
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I suggest you to start with site that offers free play bonus. The best one is Victor Chandler. You can find more about this at http://www.betting-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=116
As for site that completely learns you which hand is better and etc try googling, there are lots of.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 11:29 pm
There are a lot of sites out there where you can find info’s about learning poker, but try poker-free-online.co.uk. There you can find some good sites for playing poker for free and some redirects to good poker schools.
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http://www.poker-free-online.co.uk/
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:31 pm
There are many web sites that can give you strategy advice. You can also follow poker industry news on many sites like http://twobets.com or http://pokernews.com. Also twoplustwo.com generally has lots of useful forums and advice.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
I started young & careless and deposited $25, lost it all in a couple hours. Tried again, and again, and again. Finally I invested in a couple books, tweaked my strategy a little and played more strict. I am now up around $550 for the last year, playing a couple nights a week at the small stakes.
If your interested in playing online, I recommend a site called OddsMaker. You can start at their free "play money" tables and when your confident in your abilities you can make a deposit and play for real money. It has online poker & sports betting. A big plus is that since it also has the sports wagering, many of the poker players are just killing time, which means easy money for us! If you are interested check it out at http://www.oddsmaker.com/signup.php. Enter 1393061 in the "referred by" box when signing up and you will also receive a 20% bonus on your first deposit. Another cool thing about OddsMaker, if you have some other friends that you know are interested, you can refer them and make 10% from them for life. Good luck!
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