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Texas Hold’Em is probably the most popular variation of poker these days. It is a community card game. It means the players may use the combination of the five community cards laid in the middle of the table plus the player’s own private or hole cards.

Texas Hold’Em might look complicated but it’s not. Here’s a low down on how it’s supposed to be played. First up, let’s talk about the concept of dealer. A small button will identify who the dealer on the table is. The dealer button moves clockwise around the table after each hand thus changing the position of the big and small blinds along with it.

When there are only two players left in the table, there are special heads up rules to follow in the posting of blinds. The person with the dealer button will be the small blind while the opponent will be the big blind. The dealer will be the first to act before the flop. After the flop, the dealer will be the last to move.

Before any cards are dealt in Texas Hold’Em, a pot is formed from blind bets. It is called blinds because the players are betting without seeing the cards. The player to the left of the dealer is called the small blind. The small blind is usually half of the big blind’s bet. This leads us to the big blind. The big blind sits to the left of the small blind. The big blind’s bet is equal to the minimum bet of the table. The blinds could be checked, raised, called, or folded.

After that, the payers will be dealt two cards each faced down. These are called private cards. No one can see these cards except the player the cards are dealt to. These cards will only be shown if the player does not fold before the showdown phase. This makes Texas Hold’em a closed poker game. The player on the left of the big blind will start the betting and goes around the table clockwise. Pre-flop bets are live bets therefore players can either check, call or fold. When the bettings reaches the big blind, he can either check or raise the pot.

If there are at least two players left after the pre-flop, three more cards will be dealt in the middle of the table to start the second betting stage or the flop. The three cards are called community cards because they are available for everyone. The player left of the dealer bets first in this stage and the betting will move to his left clockwise.

When this is done, a fourth community card is dealt in the middle of the table to start the third betting stage called the turn. This round is sometimes called the fourth street. In this phase, the bets are twice the amount of the flop. Again, players can either check, call, raise or fold.

After that, the fifth and final community card will be dealt in the middle of the table to start the last betting stage called the river. This is sometimes called the fifth street. When all the betting is done, it’s time for the showdown.

If a player bets and all the rest folds, then the pot will be awarded to the remaining player. He will not be required to show his private cards. On the showdown, a player can use the highest poker hand he can make from his hole cards and the community cards. It doesn’t matter what the combination is made out of. The player with the highest hand wins the pot. If there are identical hands, the players will split the pot. Then the dealer button will move to the next player. You should note that suits are irrelevant in Texas Hold’em.

That’s how you play Texas Hold’Em Poker. There are three common variations of this poker type. These are limit, no-limit, and pot-limit hold’em. Limit hold’em is the most popular among the three. In limit hold’em, the bets and raises during the pre-flop and flop should be equal to the big blind. The minimum amount is called small bet. In the turn and the river, the bets would be raised to twice the amount of the big blind. This amount is called the big bet.

No-limit Hold’em is the most televised form among the three hold’em poker types. It is this type that’s played in the main event of the World Series of Poker. In this hold’em type, players can bet or raise any number of chips over the minimum raise up. This means that a player can go all in. Typically the minimum raise is equal to the amount of the big blind. If another player wishes to re-raise, the amount must be at least the same amount as the previous raise or higher. The difference of pot-limit hold’em is that the raise is limited to the current amount of the pot.