Play Online Poker

Play online poker is a game of five card hands dealt from a 52 card deck of standard playing cards. All poker hands consist of exactly five cards. Most online poker game, like seven card stud for example, give the players more than five cards to select from, but the final winning result goes to the one with the best five card poker hand. In the popular stud poker games, the players are all dealt one card at a time or in small groups and they bet money or something each time they get more cards. They bet that they will end up with the best hand. The players that don't want to bet on their hands any longer can "fold" their hands, get out of the contest and forfeit all the bets they have made to that point. At the end, the player the best poker hand, wins all the bets. In draw poker the players bet, then replace the cards they don't like with new ones from the dealer and then bet again.

Initially, two cards (hole cards) are dealt face down to each online poker player, then there is a betting round. Three cards, customarily called the flop, are then dealt face up in the center of the table. Those three community cards are part of each poker player's hand. Another betting round occurs. Another card, called the turn, is dealt in the center, followed by another betting round. Then a final card, called the river, is dealt in the center, followed by a final betting round. The hole cards of bet and called hands are turned over and a winner is determined by the highest five-card hand. Playing poker is exciting and challenging, whether you are playing with your friends, with a group in one of the casinos or here on line.

You may have heard of poker games where homes, cattle and even wives and large amounts of money have been wagered during poker games. Luckily you don’t have to have a wife at hand when playing poker today. Instead there are very clear rules stating how and what bets that can be made. How and what you may stake depends on what structure is used in the game. Before in no Limit an opponent had to match the amount that was put at stake. This is partly unfair since some players may not be able to call large bets (Rumours tell one farmer lost his farm when his opponent put the state of Texas into the pot since he couldn’t call that bet). Today table stakes are used in most poker games and particularly online. This means that you can bet or call with the maximum chips you have at the table when it’s your turn to act.