Article Categories

»	Arts & Entertainment
»	Automotive
»	Business
»	Careers & Jobs
»	Education & Reference
»	Finance
»	Food & Drink
»	Health & Fitness
»	Home & Family
»	Internet & Online Businesses
»	Miscellaneous
»	Self Improvement
»	Shopping
»	Society & News
»	Sports & Recreation
»	Technology
»	Travel & Leisure
»	Writing & Speaking

Reprint Article Code

Category: Articles » Arts & Entertainment » Gambling & Casinos » Article » Article Code

How to play texas holdem

Texas Hold'em has become a very popular game. If you don't know how to play, you are missing out on an enjoyable pastime as well as some great entertainment on television. Whether you want to play Texas Hold'em with your friends for money, or you want to understand what's going on in a celebrity Texas Hold'em tournament, here's how to play: The ante: Each player antes money into the middle. This is the money you pay in order to tell the dealer you'd like to play this round. The cards to each ... read more

Article Title:

Article Body:

Texas Hold'em has become a very popular game. If you don't know 
 
how to play, you are missing out on an enjoyable pastime as well as 
 
some great entertainment on television. Whether you want to play 
 
Texas Hold'em with your friends for money, or you want to 
 
understand what's going on in a celebrity Texas Hold'em tournament, 
 
here's how to play:

The ante: Each player antes money into the middle. This is the money 
 
you pay in order to tell the dealer you'd like to play this round.

The cards to each player: The dealer deals out two cards face down 
 
to each person. When you receive yours, check them out but don't 
 
show them to anybody. If you are wondering what is a good hand to 
 
play, a good rule of thumb is this: if you got a hand that you'd be happy 
 
about in blackjack, then you've probably got a decent hand in Texas 
 
Hold'em. That's not a perfect rule, but it's a good place to start. 
 
Another way people decide if it's a good hand is if they get a pair or if 
 
they get a face card with a second card. Either of these hands, too, will 
 
make for a hand with some potential. After everyone has received their 
 
first two cards, there is a round of betting.

The cards in the center: The dealer deals out five cards in the center: 
 
two cards face down and three cards face up. This is called the flop. 
 
Players look at the combination of cards in their hand and cards in the 
 
flop to decide if they can assemble a poker hand from it. There is a 
 
round of betting.

The turn: The dealer turns up the fourth card. This is called the turn. 
 
Again, players look at all the cards available to decide if there is the 
 
potential for a good hand. There is a round of betting.

The river: Finally, the dealer turns out the fifth card and now the 
 
players who are still in can choose from any of the seven cards in front 
 
of them (the 5 face-up and 2 face-down) to make the best hand of 
 
five. There is a final round of betting.

The call: Players reveal their cards and the winner takes the pot!

These rules are far from complete. However, you did learn enough to 
 
play a decent game with your friends or to give you a little more 
 
understanding of what goes on at the Texas Hold'em tournament on 
 
television.

Author Bio:

Some other recently published gambling & casinos articles

Online poker – a safe game by Ken Wilson
If you need to combine a form of entertainment with an opportunity of making money, the means are now widely available. If you have a PC and a connection to the Internet, you will find ...

Free online poker by Ken Wilson
Free online poker is always the best option when you feel like playing a game with a win. Do not imagine ...

A community for online poker: Hansa Poker by Ken Wilson
Whether you're at a party in your teens, at a get-together with your fellow senior citizens, whether you're watching a western or just surfing the web, chances are somebody will at least mention ...

How safe is it to play online poker? by David Yuri
The increased popularity of televised poker tournaments has led to the increase of the interest of poker games and the creation of a very large number of ...

Free online poker has been drawing larger and larger numbers of players over the last few years. It is a self-supporting industry based precisely on t by David Yuri
Free online poker has been drawing larger and larger numbers of players over the last few years. It is a self-supporting industry based precisely on them. Taking care of your ...

Free poker vs. playing for real money by Ken Wilson
The one truly great thing about the Internet is that, no matter what you're doing, you have the freedom of controlling how much you're going to let it come into your ...

Publisher Guidelines

You may reprint this article electronically in your newsletter or on your website, free of charge.

If you reprint this article from our site, then you must keep everything intact. This includes the articles title, author name, articles body, authors bio / resource box, the links contained within the article, all copyright notices and the link pointing back to our site. All links within the article must also be made active / hyperlinks.