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AcceptAs a starting poker player you probably don't know exactly how everything works and what your options are within the overall course of the game. To give some direction to this, you will receive as much relevant basic information as possible within this game guide to help you on your way to fully independent poker. Of course this starts with understanding the rules of the game, which forms the basis for your further development and understanding of the game. Subsequently, strategies will also be discussed and tips from seasoned players will be discussed.
The variant we will outline here is Texas Hold 'Em poker, the most popular form the game of poker has adopted over the years. The original poker game was first officially mentioned in 1829 in New Orleans, with a maximum number of players of four on a game at the time and played with 20 cards. This first version even lacked the element of bluffing, which is of course central to poker in general today. After poker was later played at the current number of 52 cards per game, a local variant of Hold 'em poker was played during the twentieth century in Texas, which would later be the Texas Hold' Em game where we are nowadays all too much. be well acquainted with it. The game guide is divided into clear paragraphs that show the chronological progress of the game.
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The object of the game is for the player to have the highest possible combination with the two cards that you received from the dealer when the round started after a total of five cards on the table. The combinations and associated values will be explained later. During the game, players obviously do not know how they are doing at that moment, looking at only the open cards that are on the table in front of everyone. This involves the bluff element, where players can raise their bets unfounded in order to get other players into their stake and ultimately possible profit. The ultimate goal is therefore to be left with as many chips, also called chips, as possible. This can be done either by setting a time limit or simply by playing until someone has all the chips and is the last player to remain..
The game of Texas Hold 'Em is played with a minimum of two and a maximum of ten players at the same table at the same time. The dealer (croupier) sits in the midst of the players and manages the chips during the game and directs the card distribution to the players. The deck of cards to be played must be completely shuffled and used, which amounts to a total of 52 possible cards available to a player.
An ante is basically a forced bet that players make so that the total chip capacity would still decrease if you were to discard every hand. This encourages players to play hands, otherwise there will be a gradual loss of chips. This entry takes the form of a small and a big blind, this process is supervised by the dealer. Traditionally, the player to the dealer's left starts by imposing one small blind, the player to the left of it will follow with the big blind. It is often twice the size of the small blind. The rest of the players do not have to put up forced chips. The blinds move one player to the left after each round. As a result, everyone has a turn every so often to make a forced investment.
The dealer starts a round by dealt two cards each face down to all players, these cards are kept by the players only for themselves. The pair of cards that a player gets in his or her hands always has a certain relationship to each other. These possible pairs will be discussed further in this way. The cards each have their own value, also called a ranking. You can see this as a kind of scoring to know who has a better hand, or a combination of cards.
The possible card combinations are as follows, from highest to lowest in value:
* suit = one of the four suits a card can take, so: clubs, spades, diamonds or hearts)
Royal Flush: ace, king, queen, jack, 10 (match suit).
Straight Flush: five consecutive cards of the same suit. In this case, the ace may serve as the start of a straight before the two, or as the end of the straight after a king. In case of multiple straight flushes at the same time, the highest card / straight decides.
Four of a Kind: four of the same cards.
Full House: a combination of two of the same cards with three other of the same cards, or a combination of a three of a kind with a pair. In the case of multiple Full Houses, the highest Full House will decide.
Flush: five random cards of the same suit. In case of multiple flushes, the highest card in the series of five cards decides.
Straight: five consecutive cards of different suits. The ace can also be used before the two as the start of a straight, or after the king as the end of the street (A-2-3-4-5) or (10-J-Q-K-A). In the case of multiple Straights, the highest card in a straight decides.
Three of a Kind: three of the same cards.
Two pair: two different pairs of two of the same cards. In case of multiple two pair hands, the highest pair decides. If this is still the same, the value of the second pair or in the latter case the fifth card decides.
One pair: a pair of two of the same cards. In case of several pairs, the height of the next card decides. If two players both only have a pair that came from the dealer's two cards and they are equal, then a split pot situation for.
High card: in this case, no useful combinations have emerged from the five different possible cards. The player with the highest card wins in this case. If the highest card among players is the same, the next highest card decides.
Now that the cards are on the table and you know the values of the possible combinations, it is time for your first decisions in the game. The player to the left of the big blind is the first to make a choice (the small blind and the big blind were forced to play by the forced bet even before the round started). The first player has three options: call, raise or fold. With a call, the highest amount that a player has on the table as a stake at that time is matched to be able to play. In this case to the at the start of the round, this is the height of the big blind. With a raise, the player bets a higher amount than the big blind. With a fold, the player has so little faith in his or her given cards that they are handed in. In this case, no bet is required, the player voluntarily skips this round and therefore does not play for the pot (also called mucking called). Finally, in the event of either a call or a raise, it may happen that another player exceeds the current highest bid later in the order. This is called a re-raise. As a result, the players who already had bet on the table will normally have to evaluate whether they want to play for this new, higher bet and therefore have to call..
In brief, the three discussed options that can arise for the player opening a new round to the left of the big blind:
Fold: cards are handed in to the dealer, player does not play this round and does not lose chips.
Call: The player goes along with the bet of the big blind and puts in the same number of chips.
Raise: player enters the round by betting more chips than the big blind.
The flop is the first three cards that will be placed face up to everyone on the table. Just like before the start of the first round, players can now: fold, call, (re-) raise. If no new bets have been initiated yet, one can check, this means that you play "for free" until a further offer from another player.
The fourth card is revealed on the turn and the players may again evaluate their possible hand combinations and appropriate strategy. The possible actions are the same as after the flop: fold, call, raise, check.
On the river, the fifth and thus the last card is revealed on the table. The final betting round follows so that players can fold, call, (re-) raise or check one more time.
When the last betting round is completed, all remaining players will place their cards face up on the table. The winner of the pot is the player with the highest combination of five cards, as mentioned above after the ranking system. In the case of two exactly the same winning hands, there is a split pot situation. The accumulated pot will then be split evenly between the winning players. If the pot cannot be split exactly, the last remaining chip goes to the player who last raised the bet.
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