Rules of Poker – Poker Rules Explained

Usually the winner of each hand of poker is the player holding the highest ranked hand when all the cards are shown – the showdown – or the player who made the last unpaid bet when the others have given up.

Can not you remember how to make Flush or Full House? You can find all the information you need to know about the ranking of the hands in the table below. The strongest hands are in the top row, from left to right, with the weakest hand being a high card.

Floos is called the hand that contains five cards of one suit. When multiple players have a flush, the strongest card is watched.

Full House is a hand in poker, consisting of a pair and three identical cards. Full house is often called boat, full boat, or full barn. If two players have a full house, then the higher three cards will win. If they have the same three cards, the player with the higher pair wins.

Poker players usually adhere to a forced bet such as Big Blind and Small Blind in Hold'em and Omaha or Antes and Bring-In in Stud. These forced bets consist of the initial pot as an incentive that players have to win. Actions resulting from the subsequent betting rounds further increase the pot size.

Each game in poker has established betting levels called limits. Once betting levels have been established, the raise limits should also be specified.

The main varieties are three:

Limit poker. – With limited poker, the level of each bet and the raise step are strictly defined. If the limit is, for example, 1 or 2 $, the small bet is $ 1 and the big is $ 2. In the first two betting rounds (preflop and flop), the bet / raise step is the small bet – or $ 1, and in the other two (turn and river) the level is equal to the big bet 2 $.

No Limit. – With No Limit poker, there is only a minimum bet requirement. If the game is 1 or 2 $, the small blind is $ 1 and the $ 2 big, and the minimum value of each bet in each betting round. The maximum bet only depends on the number of chips in front of each player. At any time of the game, everyone can bet everything they have in front of them.

Pot Limit. – Something on average between the above two varieties. While the minimum bet is determined at the no limit, the maximum bet changes constantly and is equal to the total number of chips collected in the middle of the table of the previous hand bets. These chips are called sweat, hence the name pot limit.
After the initial cards are dealt, players are usually called to bet in turn, moving clockwise around the table.

Each player can usually take one of the following actions when in order:

Check – If nobody has raised before the action comes to you then you have the option to ‘check'. This means you do not have to put money into the pot and you pass the action on to the next player to your left at the table.

Bet – If nobody has raised before the action comes to you then you may ‘bet'. This means you put some money into the pot and other players must at least match your bet if they wish to continue in the hand.

Fold – If a player has bet before the action comes to you and you don't like the strength of your starting hand then you have the option to ‘fold'. This means you no longer take any part in the hand.

Call – If a player has bet before the action comes to you and you think that your hand is strong enough to continue then you also have the option to ‘call'. This means you match the value of the bet made by the player who acted before you.

Raise – If a player bet before you and you hold a really strong starting hand it's advisable to ‘raise' the bet as this puts pressure on your opponents.

Here's a short video explaining some of the more basic poker rules.