About Texas Holdem

Texas Hold 'em Poker is the most popular form of Poker played today. The action is fast and furious. The object of the game is to try and make the best poker hand out of the seven cards you have available to you, and win the pot.

Two to ten Players can play Texas Hold 'em at one time.

Terms you will need to know:

Dealer Button:
A flat disk that indicates the player who would be in the dealing position for that hand

Blinds:
These are bets that the two people to the left of the dealer button are forced to put in before they have received their cards. It is to start the action.

Hole Cards:
These are the two cards you are dealt at the beginning of the hand. They are private to you.

Community Cards:
These are the five cards that all players have access to in the middle of the table.

Check:
This is when there has been no betting before you, you can chose to check, you don't put any chips in but you stay in the hand

Call:
Matching a bet amount

Bet:
To place chips onto the table which will go into the pot

Raise:
To increase the previous bet.

All In:
This is when you bet all of the chips you have.

 

 

               
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