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Texas Hold'em·Card Games
Texas Hold'em
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2–10 players
deck, chip
8 essential rules
Texas hold'em is the most widely played form of poker. Each player receives two private cards and shares five community cards dealt face up in the middle; the best five-card hand wins the pot — or the last player left after everyone else folds does.
In no-limit hold'em a player may bet their entire stack at any point. A player who cannot cover a bet may go all-in and remains eligible for the portion of the pot they matched; further betting forms a side pot.
Your hand is the best five cards from your two hole cards plus the five community cards. You may use both, one, or neither — playing the board is legal, and when the board is the best hand available the pot is split.
One standard 52-card deck, no jokers.; Cards rank ace high down to two. The ace also plays low in a 5-4-3-2-A straight.; No suit outranks another — suits never break a tie in hold'em.
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The two players left of the button post forced bets: the small blind and the big blind.; Each player is dealt two private cards ("hole cards") face down.; The first betting round begins with the player to the left of the big blind.
Your hand is the best five cards from your two hole cards plus the five community cards. You may use both, one, or neither — playing the board is legal, and when the board is the best hand available the pot is split.
There are no points. Hands rank, highest first: Royal flush — A-K-Q-J-10, one suit; Straight flush — five in sequence, one suit; Four of a kind
Limit hold'em: bet sizes are fixed, with a cap on raises per round.; Pot-limit: the maximum bet is the current size of the pot.; Omaha: four hole cards, and you must use exactly two of them.
Pre-flop: after the hole cards are dealt.; The flop: three community cards dealt face up, then betting.; The turn: a fourth community card, then betting.