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As poker’s popularity keeps increasing in the country and overseas, players new to the game itself, as well as experienced home game players, continue sidle up to the casino poker tables asking to be dealt in.
Poker originated in the saloons of the Wild West and has probably the most game variants. It’s played player against players and not only against the dealer as in Blackjack, and there is a lot of psychology involved during play. Poker takes a moment to learn and a lifetime to learn.
The cards are ranked in descending order starting from the highest; Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, other 2, Ace. Ace may be high or low. There are four suits; spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, but no suit is higher than another.There are 2,598,960 possible combinations of cards in a poker hand you may be dealt.
In most games players must ‘ante’ a nominal amount just to have the cards dealt. Once the cards are dealt, the betting starts. Players bet in to the pot in the middle of the table and it’s done in turn clockwise.The player with the highest rank showing, will be the first to talk and also to bet. He can either bet or check. By saying ‘Check’, he passes the decision to bet to the next player that will also check. If all players check, then it is the end of the round. Everyone opens his cards and also the highest hand wins.
Say you begin with a $5 bet. If somebody else raises $10, he puts $15 in the pot. When your turn comes again you will need to add $10 difference to the pot to stay in the game, and if you want you can also raise or even say ‘Pot’. Pot is a raise to the maximum, meaning to bet the exact same amount as the total money available in the pot.
Well, I think you should now be equipped to go available and play poker. Play intelligently and carefully. Keep an eye out for tells. Know your own limits, and first and foremost – play to win!
