With the way Texas Holdem is taking over card tables everywhere, its a good idea to learn how to play and learn how to win if you want to impress your friends, have fun or make some money at a fun and interesting game.
To win Texas Holdem, a person needs to know more than just how to play the game. He or she needs to know about strategy.
Many poker experts and players will tell you that a tight and aggressive strategy is the only way to play Texas Holdem. This involves playing relatively few hands and betting and raising often when you do play.
This strategy, however, will only work if you understand hand-ranking. There are 1,326 distinct possibilities when it comes to the two hole cards a player can be dealt in Texas Holdem. However, since suits are only relevant for flushes, many of these possibilities are irrelevant. So, that reduced the number of possibilities a player needs to know about to 169 possibilities.
One type of hand to get to know is a pocket pair or a wired pair. This is when you are dealt two of any card. For instance, two jacks, two aces, or two nines.
The hands which are not pocket pairs are either suited hands or...
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