Friday, February 27, 2009

Basics Of Poker

One of the game of chance is a poker game .Before playing Live poker game you should know some basics of poker.Player need a standard pack of 52 cards for playing poker.There are some other games where player need more that One pack and Joker card also.
Basically you should know rank of card from top rank to bottom rank , you may go through ranking given below:
Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace.
And there are four suits:
hearts ♥ , diamonds♦ ,spades♣ and clubs♠
All suits are same no high low .

All poker hands contain five cards, the highest hand wins.

Poker games involve rounds of betting into a "pot", and rounds of replacing or receiving cards. The number of betting rounds and card draws depends on the particular variation of the game you are playing. Action starts in a clockwise direction.
In these days one more game of choice is the Texas Holdem game , But before playing you should check out the rules for texas holdem.

Generally, players either ante, or make blind bets into the community pot. Then they are dealt cards, and a round of betting get started. At the end of a betting round, everyone have to equallt contributed to pot.

When actual game starts, player may choose any action from the following actions:

Check - In case there is not bet already on the table, the player pass the action on to the next player and he may bet 0.

Call - The player may choose to match the bet,if there is a bet on the table.

Bet - The player places one by betting,In case there were no bets on the table.

Raise - If there was a bet on the table, In such case the player may increase the bet by raising.

Fold - the player does not choose to match the bet on the table, and they forfeit any chance at winning the pot. They also surrender their cards.

when all players have contributed to the pot equally the betting round gets end .

Then the next game moves ahead, and that action depends on the type/style of poker you are playing. In Draw version games, players are given a chance to discard from their hand, and receive a fresh replacement card from the dealer. In Stud type games, an additional card is dealt to each player. In "community card" games style , like Hold'em, the dealer will turn over the next card/s to be displayed.

Depending upon the game,Betting rounds and card actions alternate a set number of times.

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1 comment:

George said...

Ha Rocky thanks for such a nice and informative post for a person like me whose new in poker world!
Thanks
Really a nice blog!