How Exactly To Play Texas Hold Em - The Texas Hold em Rules

Texas hold em rules

The guidelines of Texas holdem are quite simple, each player is dealt two cards face down (your hole cards), beginning with a dealer button assigned by the dealer. The first person after the dealer button is called the small blind and the next person is the big blind. Each of these players will post (pay into the pot) a bet assigned by the house or dealer. The small blind will post one half of the big blind. For instance in a $1-$2 game the small blind is $1 and the big blind is $2.

PREFLOP (the deal ahead of the flop is dealt)

The offer begins at the small blind and ends on the dealer button. The first person to behave will be the one to the left of the big blind, (also called UTG or under the gun). If the UTG player wants to play his hand, he needs to call the minimum bet of $2 (equal to the blind) or he may raise. In Texas hold'em poker qiuqiu games that are no limit, any player may bet up to all their chips at any time. (This is called 'all-in')

Each player will act in turn by either calling the previous player's bet, raising or folding until action comes back to the big blind. If there was no raise, the big blind may raise or check his option. When this round of betting has completed, the dealer will first 'burn' a card (turn it face down and put it out of play), then deal 3 cards face up. This is called the flop.

The FLOP (3 community cards)

The flop is part of a community board, wherein all players can use the community cards to 'build' their best 5-card hand. Following the flop is dealt out, action begins on the tiny blind (or first person in the hand following the small blind). Each player will have a way to check, bet, raise, or fold, until action reaches the button (or last player to act with cards).

The Turn (Burn & Turn)

Next round of betting, the dealer will burn another card and turn over an individual card. This really is called the turn. Again, action will begin with the first person after the button that has cards. Players may possibly check, bet, raise, or fold in this round of betting. The 4 cards on the board, along with a player's 2 hole cards may be used in any way to form the best 5-card hand combination.

The River

The final card dealt in Texas hold'em poker games is the river card. The dealer will burn your final card and place face up the final card, called the river card. The action will follow the same pattern as before, Players may check, bet fold, or raise. Once all betting is completed then players will turn over their cards to reveal the very best 5-card hand combination from the 5 on the board and the two hole cards held by that player.

The player with the best hand wins the pot. The dealer button is then moved to the next player left and deal begins again from this point. These are the fundamental rules of Texas texas hold'em poker games. Now that you have the basic Texas texas hold'em rules down, move onto the best Texas holdem poker strategy to learn how to improve your game.