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May 02, 2018, 10:17:16 AM |
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Ola, fellow poker players.
Cryptonia Poker is here with a series of small articles that will first quickly teach you how to play Texas Holdem poker, and then give tips on how to play to win.
In Part 1 here, we will start with a small guide to key terms used in Texas Holdem. By the end of this article youll be talking the Texas Holdem talk.
Button: It indicates the player who will act as the dealer in the on-going game. Even if there is a professional dealer dealing the cards, the button is still used to mark one player as a dealer, as the dealing of cards starts to the left of that player, and is done clockwise. After the hand is complete, the button is moved to the left of the player, making the next player the dealer.
Blinds: Compulsory short and big blinds are placed by the two players to the left of the dealer. These define the stakes of the game, going forward.
Buy-in: These are the chips that each player buys to play the game. This is typically fifty to hundred times of the big blind. However, there is no upper limit to it.
Hole cards: The dealer deals two cards to each player, to start with, dealing one card at a time, going clockwise. The two cards with the players are their hole cards.
Betting rounds: There are a maximum of four betting rounds in Texas Holdem. The betting continues till all the players fold except one, or by the end of the fourth betting round, whichever precedes.
Flop: Dealing of the first three community cards on the table.
Pre-flop: The game preceding the dealing of flop cards. Pre-flop betting starts with the player to the left of the big blind.
Pot: The place were all the money bet by all the players is put. The winner of the hand takes it all.
Fold: A player can fold or throw their hole cards without putting any money in the pot.
Call: The player can put the same amount of money as the player before them. In case of the start of the pre-flop, this amount will be the same as the big blind.
Raise: The player can raise the amount of bet than the previous player, i.e. play the amount of the previous players bet plus the amount of an additional bet. In case of the start of the pre-flop, this amount is double that of the big blind. (It can be more than double of the big blind in some games, if the rules allow.)
Check: If no one raises pre-flop, the big blind can check. Check is equivalent to call, but no money is bet.
Round end: A round ends when each player has had a chance to play or bet, and all the non-fold players have bet equal amount of money.
Turn: The fourth community card. Seeing it is called the fourth street.
River: It is the fifth community card. Seeing it is called the fifth street.
All-in: A player bets all his remaining chips.
Showdown: When, after the fourth round, there are more than one player left, then there is a showdown, and the player with the highest cards takes the pot. If two players have similar highest cards, they split the pot.
We hope you find these terms useful.
Stay tuned for Part 3 and 4 and more of the article. You can practice or play Texas Holdem online at Cryptonia.poker.
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