Online Poker
We want to note right away that the online game is no different from the real one, where all players gather at one table.
Most game servers offer the most popular game options - Omaha or Texas Hold'em. There are a lot of poker options, but we will consider these for now.
What is poker? This is a card game where you need to collect a winning combination of 2 - 5 cards, thereby "force" other participants to stop playing. You can force it either by cunning, or you have a really winning combination in your hands.
Ideally, make the strongest hand at the end of the hand. But you can also win by making the last bet, which is not called by anyone, this option involves winning without a showdown.
Surely such strange words and phrases as full house, flush or straight flashed past your ear.
- Royal flush
A, K, Q, J, 10, all the same suit. - Straight flush
Five cards in a sequence, all in the same suit. - Four of a kind
All four cards of the same rank. - Full house
Three of a kind with a pair. - Flush
Any five cards of the same suit, but not in a sequence. - Straight
Five cards in a sequence, but not of the same suit. - Three of a kind
Three cards of the same rank. - Two pair
Two different pairs. - Pair
Two cards of the same rank. - High Card
When you haven't made any of the hands above, the highest card plays.
There is often a bet in all poker games. And it is required, regardless of whether you are playing for real money or virtual. Such bets are obligatory and they are made at the very beginning of the game. And bets are made every time the cards are dealt, and all the players sitting at the table are making equalization bets.
By the way, all bets that players make in all further rounds of the game only increase the size of the pot.
After the cards have been dealt, the game begins. The game moves clockwise from player to player at the table. And here each of the players either supports the game, or makes bets if they increase, or leaves the game due to high rates or bad cards in their hands.
Let's take a closer look.- Check - when you say this word, you refuse to bet first - it's like skipping a move only if there have been no bets yet. This is the transfer of the turn to the next player. If all players check, they remain in game and the round ends.
- Bet is the bet itself. That is, the player makes a bet if none of the players has made any bets in the current round. The bet is made by the player, and all other players must support the bet - equalize it by increasing the amount in the pot. This is called calling.
- Fold - the same pass. That is, it is a discard of cards. After the reset, the player can no longer continue to participate in the game.
- Call - equalization, that is, it is support of the increase in the rate by another player with the aim of calling.
- A raise - means increasing a bet. That is, any of the players during the game can raise / raise the rate from the current one, and after that other players must call the rate or leave the game.
- All-in is a bet on all the chips, either when a person is sure that the combination of cards is winning, or when there are not enough chips in the process of raising the bets, and the player goes for anything.
If we are talking about Texas Hold'em and Omaha, then they are the most popular types of poker, they have the same structure, consisting of four rounds: preflop, flop, turn and river.
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The preflop round begins after the players receive their cards (hole cards).
The flop round is played after the first three shared cards are dealt.
The turn is after the fourth shared card is dealt.
The river round is after the fifth shared card is dealt.
Each round implies bets until the players either equalize the bets made or fold.
After the round is over, the next card is dealt, or the deal stops.
Showdown ("showdown")
After everyone has called or a raise in the last round of betting, the players show their cards. The bank is won by the player whose combination of cards is the strongest of all those present.
Often, players do not show their cards at the same time, but in turn. One pot can be split among several players in relation to the winning combination.
The following types of limits are used in poker: no limit, pot limit and fixed limit. Let's figure out what it is.
- No limit - here each player, during his turn, regardless of the round, make a bet or raise of any size, up to all-in (ie the total number of chips that he has).
- Pot Limit - each player can bet or raise any amount that does not exceed the amount of the pot.
- Fixed Limit - each player can only call, bet or raise to the amount that is fixed. The fixed bet is determined in advance before each round.
Table bets and all-in.
You have probably seen in movies, and maybe in real life, when a player does not have enough money to call the bet and he takes off his watch and puts it in the bank, or puts the keys to a car, apartment, and so on. Don't worry, you won't need to mortgage all your property.
Often bets are made "from the table", that is, this is the use by players of the chips that they had at the time of distribution.
There is also an all-in bet, we talked about it above. If there are not enough chips to call and it is impossible to call, then the player goes all-in. All subsequent actions of the rest of the players concern the side bank, for which the “alliner” has no right to claim. If more than one player goes all-in, several side pots are formed.
That's all. You know the rules, now feel free to start playing.
Hello gambling lovers. Let’s talk about one of the leading games today. And in addition to roulette in online casinos, this is poker. In our version, we will consider online poker. Most game servers offer the most popular game options – Omaha or Texas Hold’em. There are a lot of poker options, but we will consider these for now.