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OBJECTIVE: To become a winner you should make up the highest possible poker hand of five cards, using the two initially dealt cards and the five community cards.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-10 players

NUMBER OF CARDS: 52- deck cards

RANK OF CARDS: A-K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2

THE DEAL: Every player is dealt two cards face down which is commonly called ‘hole cards’.

TYPE OF GAME: Casino

AUDIENCE: Adults

A group of us playing texas holdem. Dealer face up cards (5) were hearts. Flush on the table. Now if someone in the group has a card of hearts from same suit, and another person has a pair with there card and one from the 5 dealer cards. The odds of flopping a Flush with a suited starting hand is 0.82% or 1 in 122. Definition of Flush – We make a Flush by having five cards of the same suit. Example – AhJh7h3h2h. An Ace-High Flush is the strongest Flush in poker. However, the suits are all treated equally, and only the denominations are used to determine which Flush. Also straight flushes: A2345 suited beats quads, but loses to 23456 suited. All poker games using traditional high hands recognize the wheel as a straight, except 'Deuce to Seven' (aka 'Kansas City') lowball. In 2-to-7, a wheel is just A-5-4-3-2 high, thus beating any other A-high, but losing to K-high. Two players left, the board is 2 spade, 4 diamond, 7 diamond, 8 diamond, A diamond. Player 1 has: Q diamond, 8 clubs Player 2 has: K diamond, 4 hearts Who wins?

Introduction to Texas Hold ‘Em

No Limit Texas Hold’em. Sometimes called the cadillac of Poker, Texas Hold ‘em is a fairly easy game to learn but can take years to master.

How to Play

To begin every player gets two pocket cards. A deck of cards is placed in the middle of the table and these are known as community deck and these are the cards that the flop will be dealt from.

Once all players have been dealt their initial two cards players will be asked to place their first bid. Once all players have placed their first bid a second round of bidding occurs.

Once all players have placed their final bids, the dealer will deal the flop. The dealer will flip over the first 3 cards, known as the “flop”, from the community deck. The goal is to make the best 5 card had you can with the three cards from the community deck and the two in your hand.

Once the first three cards have been flipped over, player will have the option to bid again or fold. After all players have had a chance to bid or fold, the dealer will flip over a fourth card known as a “turn” card.

The players still remaining will have the option to once again fold or bid. Now the dealer will flip the 5th and final card over, known as the “river”card.

Once all five cards have been flipped by the dealer, players will have one last chance to raise the bid or fold. Once all bids and count bids have been made it’s time for the players to reveal their hands and determine a winner.

First Round Betting: The Pre-Flop

When playing Texas hold ‘em a round flat chip or “disk” is used to represent the position of the dealer. This disk is placed in front of the dealer to indicate their status. The person sitting to dealer left is known as the small blind and the person sitting to the left of the small blind is known as the big blind.

When betting, both blinds are required to post a bet before receiving any cards. The big blind is required to post the equivalent or higher of the bet placed by the small blind. Once both blinds have posted their bids two cards are dealt to each player and remaining players can choose to fold, call, or raise. After the end of the game the dealer button is moved to the left so that every player takes on the blind position at some point to maintain the fairness of the game.

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Fold – The action of surrendering your cards to the dealer and sitting out the hand. If one folds their cards in the first round of betting, they lose no money.

Call – The action of matching the table bet, which is the most recent bet that has been placed on the table.

Raise – The action of doubling the amount of the most recent bet.

The small and the big blind have the option to fold, call, or raise before the first round of betting ends. If either of them choose to fold, they will lose the blind bet that they initially placed.

Second Round Betting: The Flop

After the first round of betting ends the dealer will proceed to deal the flop. Once the flop has been dealt, players will access the strength of their hands. Again, the player to the left of the dealer is the first to act.

Since there is no compulsory bet on the table, the first player has the option to to take the three previous options discussed, call, fold, raise, as well as the option to check. To check, a player taps his hand twice on the table, this allows the player to pass the option to make the first bet on to the player to his left. All players have the option to check until a bet has been placed on the table. Once a bet has been placed, players must choose to either fold, call, or raise.

Third & Fourth Round Betting: The Turn & The River

After the second round of betting closes, the dealer will deal the fourth card of the flop, known as the turn card. The player to dealer left has the option to check or place a bet. The player that opens the bet closes the bet, after all other players have chosen to fold, raise, or call.

The dealer will then add the bets to the existing pot and deal a fifth card known as “The River”. Once this card has been dealt, the remaining players have the option to check,fold, call, or raise. Lets say all players decide to check. If that is the case it is time for all remaining players to reveal there cards and determine the winner. The player with the highest ranking hand is the winner. They receive the full pot and a new game begins.

Ties

In the chance of a tie between hands the following tie-breakers are used:

Pairs– if two players are tied for highest pairs a “kicker” or the next highest-ranking card is used to determine the winner. You continue until one player has a higher-ranking card or both are determined to have the same exact hand, in which case the pot is split.

Two pairs– in this tie, the higher ranked pair wins, if top pairs are equal in rank you move to the next pair, then move to kickers if necessary.

Three of a kind – higher ranking card takes the pot.

Straights – the straight with the highest-ranking card wins; if both straights are the same the pot is split.

Flush – The flush with the highest-ranking card wins, if the same you move to the next card till a winner is found or hands are the same. If hands are the same split the pot.

Full house – the hand with the higher ranking three cards wins.

Four of a kind – the higher ranking set of four wins.

Straight flush – ties are broken the same as a regular straight.

Royal Flush – split the pot.

Hand Ranking

2. Pair – Two of the same the same card (9,9,6,4,7)

3. Two pair – Two pairs of the same card (K,K,9,9,J)

4. Three of a kind – Three cards of the same ( 7,7,7,10,2)

6. Flush – Five cards of the same suit

7. Full House – Three card of a kind and a pair (A,A,A,5,5)

9. Straight Flush – Five cards in order all of the same suit (4,5,6,7,8 – same suit)

10. Royal Flush – Five cards in order of the same suit 10- A (10,J,Q,K,A)

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In this post I will give a more detailed description of each of the poker hands I listed in my previous post, but first a couple of introductory remarks. In Texas Hold’em and most other poker variants a hand consists of 5 cards. The player with the best 5 cards wins the pot. Here are some additional general rules:

· Individual cards are ranked A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8 , 7 , 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A. Aces are only low when they appear in a 5 high straight or straight flush (A-2-3-4-5)

· Suits (e.g. Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds and Spades ) have no value. This means for example that a flush in hearts is just as good as a flush in spades

Here’s the more detailed description of the individual possible poker hands:

An ace-high straight [A-K-Q-J-10] with all cards being the same suit, this is the mother of all poker hands. The probability of getting a royal flush is 0,00015%. In other words a royal flush comes along once in 649740 hands! Many poker sites offer significant bonuses to players who get royal flushes.

Straight Flush

5 cards in a sequence [for example 10-9-8-7-6] with all cards being the same suit. As with the regular straight a king-high straight flush [K-Q-J-10-9] beats a queen-high straight flush [Q-J-10-9-8] which beats a jack-high straight flush and so on. The probability of getting a straight flush is 0,0015% which means that you can expect to see one once every 64974 hands.

Four of a Kind

Also known as quads. As usual the indivual card ranks determine the winning quads. If two players share the same quads, the fifth card (the kicker) will decide who wins the pot, the bigger card the better. The probability of getting quads is 0,024% so you will only have to wait 4061 hands to see one.

Full house

Also known as full boat or simply boat. A full house consists of 3 matching cards with one rank together with 2 matching cards of another rank (for example 7-7-7-6-6 which is known as a full house “sevens over sixes”). The hand with the highest set of three wins; 8-8-8-2-2 beats 5-5-5-A-A. If two players share the same set of three, the player with the higher pair wins. The probability of getting a full house is 0,14% which makes it a less than “one in a thousand hand” (1 in 694 to be precise)

Flush

A flush is made up of any 5 cards with the same suit. The highest of the 5 cards gives the flush its name (e.g. queen-high flush, ace-high flush etc.). Determining the winning hand between the players holding flushes with the same high card can be tricky, so pay attention:-). If both hands have the same highest card, then the second-highest ranking card is compared, and so on until a difference is found. If the two flushes contain the same five ranks of cards, they are tied. The probability of getting a flush is only slightly better than a full house, namely 0,20% or 1 in 509.

Straight

A straight is 5 cards in sequential rank but in more than one suit (otherwise it would be a straight flush). As mentioned before, straights are described by their highest card as in a “9-high straight” [9-8-7-6-5]. A straight cannot made from both sides of an ace as in [Q-K-A-2-3]. This means that the lowest straight is A-2-3-4-5 and the highest straight is 10-J-Q-K-A. The probability of getting a straight is 0,39% or 1 in 255.

Three of a kind

Also known as trips or a set. In Texas Hold’em the set refers to the combination of a pocket pair (two hole cards of the same rank) and a third card of the same rank among the community cards (more about community and hole cards in “Learning the poker rules and how to play Texas Hold’em_Part 3″). If two players share the same three of a kind, the remaining two cards (the kicker’s) determine the winner; [3-3-3-A-2] beats [3-3-3-K-Q] which beats [3-3-3-K-J] and so on. Three of a kind is the first hand with a probability over 1%, namely 2,1% or 1 in 47.

Two pair

Two pairs consist of two cards with the same rank together with two more cards of the same rank (but not the same rank as the first pair, in this case you have quads). When comparing two two pair hands, the two pair hand with the highest pair wins. If two players share the same high pair, the player with the highest low pair wins. If two players share the same two pairs, the remaining card determines the winner; [3-3-5-5-K] beats [3-3-5-5-10] which beats [3-3-5-5-6] and so on. The probability of getting two pairs is 4,75% or 1 in 21.

One pair

Not much need for explanation on this one. One pair is two cards of the same rank. In a showdown the highest pair wins. As usual if two players share the same pair, it’s down to the kickers to determine the winner. Most poker hands are won with one pair outranking another. The probability of getting one pair is 42,26% or just under 1 in 2.

High Card

High card is basically 5 cards that do not match in any way to form any of the hands explained above. However, you will be surprised how many showdowns are won with the best high card hand. When comparing two high card hands you start by comparing the highest card. If both hands have the same highest card, then the second-highest ranking card is compared, and so on until a difference is found

In my next post I will start explaining the specific gameplay of Texas Hold’em

· When determining the winning hand, hands are first ranked by category; then by individual card ranks. Thus a full house will always beat a flush no matter how good the flush is.

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