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Texas
Hold'em Poker Casinos
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Texas
Hold'em is a "community card" game, meaning
that some cards are dealt face-up in the middle of the
table and shared by all the players. Each player has
two down cards that are theirs alone, and combines
them with the five community cards to make the best
possible five-card hand.
Play
begins by dealing two cards face down to each player;
these are known as "hole cards" or
"pocket cards". This is followed by a round
of betting. Most hold'em games get the betting started
with one or two "blind bets" to the left of
the dealer. These are forced bets which must be made
before seeing one's cards. Play proceeds clockwise
from the blinds, with each player free to fold, call
the blind bet, or raise. Usually the blinds are
"live", meaning that they may raise
themselves when the action gets back around to them.
Now
three cards are dealt face up in the middle of the
table; this is called the "flop". A round of
betting ensues, with action starting on the first
blind, immediately to the dealers left. Another card
is dealt face up (the "turn"), followed by
another round of betting, again beginning to the
dealer's left. Then the final card (the
"river") is dealt followed by the final
round of betting. In a structured-limit game, the bets
on the turn and river are usually double the size of
those before and on the flop.
The
game is usually played for high only, and each player
makes the best five-card combination to compete for
the pot. Players usually use both their hole cards to
make their best hand, but this is not required. A
player may even choose to "play the board"
and use no hole cards at all. Identical five-card
hands split the pot; the sixth and seventh cards are
not used to break ties.
Omaha
Hold'em Poker
The
rules of Omaha are very similar to those of Texas
Hold'em. There are only two differences:
* Each player receives four hole cards, instead of two.
* One must use *exactly* three community cards and two hole cards to make
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