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Gambling
How To Play Poker
Basic Rules For Poker
Poker games are
generally played with a standard deck of 52 cards. A standard deck
consists of of thirteen different ranks of cards, and they are: Ace,
King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. Each of these cards comes
in four different suits: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades.
Poker games involve
rounds of betting into a common fund, or "pot", and rounds of
replacing/receiving cards. The number of betting rounds and card draws
depends on the particular variation of the game you are playing. Action
proceeds in a clockwise direction.
Generally betting
begins with players making an "Ante" or a "Blind Bet" (called so because
the player bets without having seen their cards). During the remaining
betting rounds, players will take one of the following actions:
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Check - if
there is not bet already on the table, the player may in essence bet
0, and pass the action on to the next player.
Call - if there is a bet on the table, the player may choose
to match the bet.
Bet or Raise - if there were no bets on the table, the player
places one by betting. If there was a bet on the table, 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.
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At the end of the game, the highest hand wins. The hands are ranked as
follows:
Royal Flush
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which is a series of cards, all of the same suit ranking Ace, King,
Queen, Jack and Ten.
Straight Flush
- a five card sequence where all the cards are
of the same suit. For instance, 5,6,7,8,9 of diamonds is a Straight
Flush. If two straights should tie, the one containing the highest
card wins. Should both hands contain the same high card, the pot is
split.
Four-of-a-Kind
- Four cards of the same rank with one other
card of varying rank. The highest ranking Four-of-a-Kind would win
in case of a tie.
Full House
- is a hand comprised of both a three-of-a-kind
(three cards with the same rank) and a pair (two cards with the same
rank). An example would be K-K-K-6-6. If two full house hands should
tie, the hand containing the higher three-of-a-kind wins. (5-5-5-2-2
beats 3-3-3-A-A)
Flush
- consists of 5 cards of the same suit. In the case of
a tie, the hand with the highest card wins. Should the high cards be
the same rank, the next highest cards are compared (and so on).
Straight
- five cards in sequence, of mixed suits. Should
straights tie, the hand with the highest card wins. Should the hands
be identical in rank, the pot is split. "Around the corner"
(K-A-2-3-4) straights are NOT allowed.
Three-of-a-Kind
is three cards of the same rank with two
other cards of varying rank (not a pair). The highest ranking
three-of-a-kind would win in the event of a tie.
Two Pair - A hand that contains two cards of one rank, two
cards of another rank, and a dissimilar fifth card. Ties are awarded
to the higher of the "high" pair, followed by the higher of the
"low" pairs, and finally by the remaining card.
One Pair
- A hand that contains one set of cards with the
same rank. Highest pair wins ties. If both pairs are the same,
highest card wins. Followed by next highest card and so on.
High Card
- the weakest of poker hands. The highest ranking
card wins the pot. In the event of a tie, the next highest card
wins, and so on.
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