FAQ of Texas Holde'm

How do I play Texas Hold'em?:
Texas Hold'em is a "community card" game, this means some cards are dealt face-up in the middle of the table and shared by all the players. Each player has two down cards which are theirs alone, players combine these with the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand. Play begins by dealing two cards face down to each player; these are known as "hole cards" or "pocket cards". This is followed by a round of betting. The betting started with small and big blind to the left of the dealer. These are forced bets which must be made before seeing one's cards. Play proceeds clockwise from the blinds, with each player free to fold, call the blind bet, or raise. Players posting the blinds may raise when the action gets back around to them. Next three cards are dealt face up in the middle of the table; this is called the "flop". A round of betting takes place, with action starting on the first blind, immediately to the dealers left. Another card is dealt face up (the "turn"), followed by another round of betting, again beginning to the dealer's left. The final card (the "river") is dealt followed by the final round of betting. Players makes the best five-card combination to compete for the pot. Players use both their hole cards to make their best hand, but this is not required. A player may even choose to "play the board" and use no hole cards at all. Identical five-card hands split the pot.

What is a Dealer Button?:
The Dealer Button is a flat disk used to indicate the player who would be in the dealing position for that hand (if there were not a house dealer). Normally called "the button". The location of the Dealer Button is important to where the blinds are and where the dealing of cards begins for each hand.

What is a Side Pot?:
Side Pot's occur when an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players take part in a second or Side Pot for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.

What is a String Bet ?:
Is a bet that is placed into the pot in stages rather in one go. Person makes a string bet if they act like they are going to call but then make a raise. For example, it is standard practice that putting the required chips for a call into the pot just means a call. If a person wishes to raise they must announce raise before placing chips into the pot. They cannot say "I call " ... but then raise you; They must say "Raise/ I raise" String bets confuse players so they are not allowed.

What is an Ante?:
A small, forced bet that everyone at the table is required to pay before each hand (in games with an ante). Most tournaments don't play ante's just blinds

What is Tilt?:
Tilt is a poker term for a state of mental confusion/frustration where a player knowingly adopts an over-aggressive strategy. The most common way to wind up on tilt is to have a bad beat. Putting a player on tilt annoys them to the point where they will call or raise almost any bet made.

What is WSOP?:
WSOP is stands for World Series of Poker this is most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. In 1970 the first WSOP took place with only 7 players, the winner, Johnny Moss was declared the first World Champion of Poker and received a silver cup as a prize. In 2005 Joseph Hachem beat a field of 5619 players to win the World Series of Poker Championship he won $7.5 million for his efforts.