User talk:PokerBaazi

Has the poker-fever caught your mind lately? Are you getting itchy to try your luck at the poker table? Or you simply want to master this extraordinary game of skill? No matter what the question is, the answer has to begin with understanding the basic rules of the game. Poker rules are not very difficult to master but are not a cakewalk either! The game of poker involves a unique blend of psychology, strategy, and number-crunching. Let’s take you through a start-up guide to the poker world! Poker comes in several variants- Texas Hold'em Poker Online, Pot Luck Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw and Chinese Poker are some of the popular types of poker, played across the world. However, Texas Hold'em deserves a special mention as it has out-shone as one of the most popular variants of poker played both, off and online. It all starts with a standard deck of 52 cards, including 2 Jokers that are sometimes added as wild cards. The objective is to win the pot which contains all the bets the players have made in a deal. It is played by anywhere from 2-10 players.

Let's begin with listing down cards in the order of their ranking from high to low. A set of 5 combinations is called hand-ranking. In Poker, it is hand-ranking that decides your position in the game. Following is the hand-ranking order from highest to lowest. To understand and have a grasp over Poker game rules, it is necessary to memorize hand-rankings.

The first round starts with Blinds (default bet)

Betting- After the first bet, players have the option to Call, Raise Or Fold. A hand is played and betting goes around again (typically clockwise).

Call- when you bet enough to match what has been bet since the last time you bet

Raise- first you match the last bet, then you raise the bet (up to you, but there's a limit, usually)

Fold- you drop out of the current hand (out of any possibility of winning or losing the hand), but you don't have to put any money into the pot

Betting continues until everyone calls or folds after a raise or initial bet.

Checking is basically opting to check cards without a call, raise or fold. This is called when you don't owe anything to the pot.

Once the betting is over, everyone reveals their hand, the highest hand wins!

Simple, Isn't it? Well, if you put your mind to anything, it surely becomes easy to master. Good players do swear by poker rules for an unmatched experience of dexterity, but great players live by the unmatched strength of mind that has the power to outdo possibilities!