Texas Holdem Rules
Texas Holdem, more commonly known as just Holdem, is the most popular poker variant in the world today, and as such it is probably the one that every beginner will learn first. Holdem offers rookies a certain set of advantages when faced with experienced opposition, because the predominant luck-factor featured in it acts as a big equalizer between skilled and unskilled opponents. If you’re a rookie, it certainly makes sense to begin with Holdem, if you’re an advanced player though, playing Holdem against beginners can some times become rather frustrating.
Now that you know the basics, here are the rules:
Every Texas Holdem hand begins with the posting of a small blind (SB) and a big blind (BB). These are blind bets because there are no cards on the table or in the players’ hands when they have to be made. A dealer button travels around the table in a clock-wise direction (moving one position on every hand), the player immediately on the left of the Dealer is the SB, the person on the left of the SB is the BB. The SB is usually half the minimum bet for the first betting round. The big blind is the equivalent of a minimum bet. After the blinds are posted, players get two cards, each of them face down. These cards are called hole-cards or pocket cards, and only the players to whom they belong may see them. Players then get to choose whether they want to call the BB thus staying in the hand, raise it (to put pressure on it and possibly attempt a steal) or fold. This first round of betting is called the ‘preflop stage’. After the first round concludes, the dealer burns a card (which you won’t see online, of course) and deals three community cards to the table. These cards can be seen by all involved in the action, and will be considered as part of their 5-card hands. These three cards are known as ‘the flop’. The flop is 75% relevant towards deciding everyone’s showdown hands.
The flop is followed by another round of betting in which players are – again – required to bet, call, raise, re-raise or fold.
Full Tilt’s software has advanced action options which give players the possibility to decide in advance what they want to do, and tick the respective action, so that when they get their turn, the action is automatically executed. This whole setup is especially useful when multi-tabling (playing at several tables at once). Likewise, when playing online at Full Tilt, players do not need to keep track of who has to post the blind(s). When it’s their turn to cough up the forced bets, the software prompts them to take action. This can be set to auto too, in which case the software will automatically post the blinds for the players. The round of betting that came after the flop is followed by a 4th community card – known as the ‘turn’ - dealt to the table, which is again followed by betting. The last community card (the ‘river’) is followed by the last round of betting and then comes the showdown. The software automatically decides who wins, rakes the pot and then awards it to the winner. Showdown hands are all revealed for everyone to see. Mind you that in a Texas Holdem showdown 5-card hand, a player may use one or both his hole-cards, rounding the hand up with the number of required cards off the board. It is possible to win a hand in Holdem by making a bet to which everyone folds.
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