Playing Poker
The non-losing strategies and how to choose a game
Jean le Rond D’Alembert was born in Paris in 1717. He was an all round scholar – philosopher, mathematician, physicist and mechanician. He became a member of Academy of Sciences of Paris (1740)
November 16, 2009 |
Stud Poker Variants
The game is played usually by two to eight players. Before the cards are dealt each player places an initial bet. Then the dealer deals each player two face down cards and one face up.
November 16, 2009 |
Playing Poker in a Casino
Playing poker in a casino is not the same as playing the classic games at home. There are thousands of reasons to play the game of poker in public cardrooms and not at the kitchen table at your residence.
November 16, 2009 |
Hand Ranking
There are variation to the game, and what is considered as the highest ranking hand, but here we’ll take as our starting point games like Seven-card Stud and Texas Hold’em, which are played with a 52 card deck, and there is no joker.
November 12, 2009 |
Texas Hold ’em Poker
Texas hold ’em (or simply hold ’em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. It is the most popular poker variant played in casinos in the western United States, and its no-limit form is used in the main event of the World Series of Poker, widely recognized as the world championship of the game.
November 12, 2009 |
Omaha Hi/Lo Poker Game
Omaha High/Low is played in exactly the same manner as a regular game of Omaha High. However, in Omaha High/Low, the pot is split 50-50 between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand, consisting of 5 cards of different values ranked 8 or lower.
November 12, 2009 |
Omaha High Poker Game
Omaha High is like Texas Hold’em, with only two exceptions: Players are dealt 4 cards instead of 2 and players must use 2 out of their 4 cards NO MORE and NO LESS to form their hand.
November 12, 2009 |
7 Card Stud Poker Game
Play proceeds as follows (“player” refers only to those who have not folded and are still in the game), with betting rounds in-between.
November 12, 2009 |