There are many different and popular poker games out there today. The most popular games are Texas Holdem, Omaha, and Seven-Card Stud. This article with provide you with the basics to begin playing each of these popular forms of poker.
To start out I will go over the ranking of hands this is the same for every form of poker:
1.Straight Flush (5 cards of the same suit in sequential order: Q-J-10-9-8)
2.Four of Kind (4 matching cards: J-J-J-J-7)
3.Full House (3 matching cards and 2 other matching cards: K-K-K-5-5)
4.Flush (any 5 cards all the same suit)
5.Straight (5 cards in sequential order: 9-8-7-6-5)
6.Three of a Kind (3 matching cards: 5-5-5-K-9)
7.Two Pair (2 sets of 2 matching cards: A-A-J-J-3)
8.One Pair (2 match cards: Q-Q-7-5-2)
9.No Pair (Any 5 cards that work into one of the above options: A-Q-J-10-8)
Texas Holdem Poker is a community card game with four rounds of betting. One player acts as the dealer, called the button. The button rotates clockwise each hand. Usually there is a blind system to facilitate the betting. The player to the left of the dealer is the small blind and the next player to...