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11/03/2008		Texas Hold'em
Home History Games News Dictionary		Texas Hold’em is the most popular community card game today. It is the highlight of the World Series of Poker tournament and it is played online more than any other gambling game. Each player is dealt two personal cards. Immediately following, there is a betting round. Then three community cards are dealt face up, followed by a second betting round. A fourth community card is followed by a third betting round. And a fifth community card is followed by the fourth and final betting round. Of course a showdown must occur. In the showdown, each player plays the best five card hand he can make by using any five community cards and the two in his hand. There are slightly different versions of Texas Hold’em. One is called Royal Hold’em and the other is Double Board Hold’em. In Royal Hold’em the deck only contains tens, jacks, queens, kings and aces. Anything below a ten is discarded and not used. The poker strategy varies from other forms of poker since the odds of good hands are greatly increased. In the case of more than one player having the same hand, the winner is determined by the suit of their highest card. In Double Board Hold’em two separate five card boards are dealt. The high hand using each of the two boards wins the pot. Basically, each player gets two private cards, followed by a betting round. Then two separate rows of three community cards are dealt, followed by more betting. It goes like this until the two fifth and final community cards are dealt. A final round of betting incites a showdown where the winner must have the highest hand of both boards. It is very much like playing two games of regular Texas Hold’em at the same time.

11/03/2008

Texas Hold'em

Texas Hold’em is the most popular community card game today. It is the highlight of the World Series of Poker tournament and it is played online more than any other gambling game.

Each player is dealt two personal cards. Immediately following, there is a betting round. Then three community cards are dealt face up, followed by a second betting round. A fourth community card is followed by a third betting round. And a fifth community card is followed by the fourth and final betting round. Of course a showdown must occur. In the showdown, each player plays the best five card hand he can make by using any five community cards and the two in his hand.

There are slightly different versions of Texas Hold’em. One is called Royal Hold’em and the other is Double Board Hold’em. In Royal Hold’em the deck only contains tens, jacks, queens, kings and aces. Anything below a ten is discarded and not used. The poker strategy varies from other forms of poker since the odds of good hands are greatly increased. In the case of more than one player having the same hand, the winner is determined by the suit of their highest card.
In Double Board Hold’em two separate five card boards are dealt. The high hand using each of the two boards wins the pot. Basically, each player gets two private cards, followed by a betting round. Then two separate rows of three community cards are dealt, followed by more betting. It goes like this until the two fifth and final community cards are dealt. A final round of betting incites a showdown where the winner must have the highest hand of both boards. It is very much like playing two games of regular Texas Hold’em at the same time.