Contents
Poker Fundamentals
Hands and Hand Rankings in Poker
Dealers and Dealing
Betting
Winning the Pot
Basic Poker Game Variations
General Poker Strategy
Five-Card Draw and Variations
Seven-Card Stud and Variations
Texas Hold’em and Variations
Where to Play Poker
Tournament Poker
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- The basics of ranks, suits, hands, dealing, betting, and poker variations
- Ways to make the best of the hand you’re dealt
- Rules and strategies for private, online, and casino poker
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Poker Fundamentals
Poker isn’t just one card game—it’s a general term used to refer to several card games that can accommodate anywhere from two to ten players. Every type of poker game features:
- Dealing: Each player is dealt a number of cards from a standard 52-card deck. The number of cards dealt to each player varies among types of poker games. Cards are usually dealt not all at once but in rounds, with betting between each round.
- Hands: Your hand is the best combination of five cards you can make out of the total number of cards you’re dealt. A hand also refers to the dealing and bidding for a single pot. After someone wins the pot, a new hand begins.
- Betting: Players either bet money or fold (drop out of the hand) depending on the quality of their hands versus their estimation of the quality of their opponents’ hands. Occasionally a player may bluff, making a large bet to scare other players into thinking he has a good hand when, in reality, he has a weak hand.
- Winning the pot: Every player’s aim is to win the pot, which contains all the money bet during the hand. The winner of a hand takes the pot either by having the best hand or by betting more than anyone else is willing to bet, forcing every other player to fold. After a player wins the pot, the cards are redealt, and a new hand begins.
Types of Poker Games
The three main types of poker games are draw, stud, and community.
- Draw games: Players can discard a certain number of cards they’ve been dealt and draw the same number of new cards (see Draw Games).
- Stud games: Players keep all of the cards they’re dealt (see Seven-Card Stud and Variations).
- Community games: Players’ hands include cards that are shared among all players (see Community Card Games).
Poker Chips
In most poker games, betting is done with chips rather than cash. The first step in a typical poker game is buying in, or exchanging cash for chips of equal value. If you lose all your chips while playing, you may be allowed to buy more chips, depending on the house rules. When you’re finished playing, you cash out by exchanging your chips for their cash value.
Chip Values
Chips are sometimes marked with their dollar value, but often they’re differentiated simply by color and then assigned a dollar value by the person hosting the game. The colors can correspond to any value, so ask the dealer to confirm. Common values for each color are:
- Black: $100
- Green: $25
- Blue: $10
- Red: $5
- White: $1
Be aware that chip values might not always correspond exactly to the money you pay to join the game. For instance, you might pay $10 and receive $100 in chips, in which case each $1 chip would be worth just 10 cents when you cash out.
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