Saturday, December 16, 2006

Texas Hold'em is a community card game. In this game each player has two down cards that are theirs alone, and combines them with the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand. The play begins by dealing two cards face down to each player; these are known as hole cards or pocket cards and then betting round follows. In most of the Texas hold'em game the betting starts with one or two blind bets to the left of the dealer. The blind bets are the forced bets that must be made before seeing one's cards. The game proceeds in clockwise from the blinds, with each player free to fold, call the blind bet, or raise. Generally the blinds are live, meaning that they may raise themselves when the action gets back around to them. Read further...