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Texas Hold'Em
Texas Hold'em may not be the most popular poker game in the universe, but anyone who plays poker seriously recognises the game to be numero uno. Many of the top players consider Hold'em to be the most challenging and sublime of all the poker games. After all, it's the game the greatest players on Earth play to determine the undisputed champion at the World Series of Poker at Binion's Horseshoe in beautiful downtown Las Vegas. That's good enough for me. In Hold'em (as it's affectionately known) each player is dealt two pocket cards face down with five community cards dealt face up. Your strategy is to obtain the best hand using any five of the seven dealt cards, whether the combination is your two down cards and three table cards, one pocket card and four table cards, or all five table cards. Any five-card combination of the seven cards does the business. There are a total of four betting rounds in Hold'em. The first and second rounds are set at the low limit of the tables' stakes structure and the final two rounds are set at the high limit of the structure. Example: If the stakes structure is $5/$10 then the bets and raises would be set at $5 for the first two rounds and $10 for the final two rounds. There are four bets (max.) per player. Betting rounds consist of a bet and three raises. The final raise is capped and a player has only the option to call or fold once capped.
BUTTONS AND BLINDS
Dealer Button - The Button moves from player to player at the beginning of each hand and identifies the current dealer position; the player at this location is considered to be the dealer. After each hand is completed the dealer button is moved to the next active player to the left.
Blinds– In Texas Hold'em, there's no ante, so the two players to the left of the dealer must post blind bets. A blind is a forced bet before you receive your initial cards. The player to the immediate left of the dealer posts the small blind and the player to the immediate left of the small blind will post the big blind . This is used to seed the pot with cash. Everyone at the table takes their turn playing the blinds. No one is exempt.
Small Blind - In our Hold'em game, the small blind is equal to one half of the minimum bet (Example: in a $3-$6 game, the small blind would be $1.50).
Big Blind - In our Hold'em game, the big blind is a bet equal to the minimum bet (Example: in a $3-$6 game, the big blind would be $3).
When you first take a seat at an active table you are required to post the equivalent of the big blind. You can do this by waiting until you are in a position to post it. Another way would be to post it out of position. If you decide to post out of the big blind position, you must also post the blind when you are in position if you wish to remain in the game.
If you were to miss the regular rotation of posting the blinds, you will be required to post the big blind in order to re-enter the game. If you were to sit out and miss three big blinds, you would then be ejected from the table, forfeiting our seat.
BETTING
There are four rounds of betting. The first is initiated after two cards, pocket cards, are dealt face down to each player. The next three cards, flop cards, are then dealt. A round of bets follows. The 4th card, turn card, is dealt and another round of betting ensues. The 5th and final card, the river card, is dealt, after which the betting resumes. When all bets are in, the showdown takes place between the remaining players. The winner is declared from the showdown.
Betting Structure - The stakes being offered at the particular table determines the limit or maximum bet on any player's turn. For example, at a $1-$2 table, the limit on any bet is $1 on the first two betting rounds and $2 on the final two betting rounds. We allow one bet and three raises in our card room per betting round. The final raise is capped and a player only has the option to call or fold once capped.
SHOWDOWN
The first person to show their hand is the last person to show strength with a betor raise. The winning hand is the highest 5-card hand using any combination of the seven cards that are available. Should multiple hands tie, the pot is split with any odd amount going to the player closest to the left of the 'D' button.
ONE-ON-ONE - HEADS UP
We also offer exciting one-on-one action.
It's man-to-man (or as the online poker world is quickly finding out) woman-to-woman poker action. It's your skills up against a single player in this very exciting format. These tables will only allow two players to sit and will guarantee some very thrilling hands. Of course we had to alter the rules slightly to accommodate play on the one-on-one tables. The button now posts the small blind and will also initiate the betting pre-flop. Betting rounds will be extended to a maximum of six bets. |
