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Poker - How to play poker and all its variations 2023.

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POKER RULES

Poker was developed sometime during the early 19th century in the United States. In the 1937 edition of Foster's Complete Hoyle, R. F. Foster wrote: “the game of poker, as first played in the United States, five cards to each player from a twenty-card pack, is undoubtedly the Persian game of As-Nas.”

Poker is any of a number of card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules in ways similar to these rankings. Often using a standard deck, poker games vary in deck configuration, the number of cards in play, the number dealt face up or face down, and the number shared by all players, but all have rules which involve one or more rounds of betting.

Winning Hands

  1. Royal Flush A straight from a ten to an ace with all five cards of the same suit. In poker all suits are ranked equally.
  2. Straight Flush Any straight with all five cards of the same suit.
  3. Four of a Kind Any four cards of the same rank. If two players share the same Four of a Kind, the bigger fifth card (known as the kicker) decides who wins the pot.
  4. Full House Any three cards of the same rank together with any two cards of the same rank. Our example shows "Aces full of Kings" and it is a bigger full house than "Kings full of Aces."
  5. Flush Any five cards of the same suit (not consecutive). The highest card of the five determines the rank of the flush. Our example shows an Ace-high flush, which is the highest possible.
  6. Straight Any five consecutive cards of different suits. Aces can count as either a high or a low card. Our example shows a five-high straight, which is the lowest possible straight.
  7. Three of a kind Any three cards of the same rank. Our example shows three-of-a-kind Aces, with a King and a Queen as side cards - the best possible three of a kind.
  8. Two Pair Any two cards of the same rank together with another two cards of the same rank. Our example shows the best possible two-pair, Aces and Kings. The highest pair of the two determines the rank of the two-pair.
  9. One Pair Any two cards of the same rank. Our example shows the best possible one-pair hand.
  10. High Card Any hand not in the above-mentioned hands. Our example shows the best possible high-card hand.

POKER TERMINOLOGY

Flop, Turn, and River

There are 5 cards that are put onto the table. The first three cards are referred to as the Flop, the 4th card is referred to as the Turn and the last final card is referred to as the River.

Showdown

When all five cards on the board are turned over, they are compared to the card in the players hand to determine the winner of the pot.

Blinds

There are small blinds and big blinds. What this mean is that left of the dealer puts money on the table equal to half the minimum bet then the player to the left of that person puts up a big blind which is equal to the minimum bet. The role of dealer and blinders rotate around the table.

Opening Bet

After the Big Blind, players ante up and if the players raise the bet, they continue until a player checks which occurs if no one else raises.

Pot

This is the amount of money that is available to win. The more money bet into the pot, the more the winnings are.

POKER GAMES

Texas Hold'em

You get two face down cards and use them with the table cards aka community

Omaha

You start with four face down cards instead of four and use two of them with three of the community

Pineapple

You get three face down cards but discard one after first bet

Crazy Pineapple

You get three face down cards but discard one after second bet

Tahoe

You get three face down cards but use up to two with the community

Shanghai

Shanghai poker is similar to Tahoe poker, with the exception that the flop and the turn consist of two cards each. You play the best five-card poker hand you can make using up to two (zero, one or two) of the three cards in your hand plus the five community cards in any combination.

Double Flop Hold em

You get two face down cards and this time there are two communities. Pot is split with winner of each community

Super Hold em

You get three face down cards instead of two and can use all three - none.

Billabong Poker

You are dealt three down cards and one up card, for a total of four hole cards. Use three or four hole cards in combination with one or two community cards in order to make the best five-card hand.

Game play for community Poker Games
  1. Post Small and Big Blinds
  2. Starting at the small blind
    • For SUPER HOLD EM, DOUBLE FLOP HOLD EM: Deal TWO (2) hole cards face down
    • For PINEAPPLE, CRAZY PINEAPPLE, TAHOE, SHANGHAI, SUPER HOLD EM: Deal THREE (3) hole cards face down
    • For OMAHA: Deal FOUR (4) hole cards face down
    • For BILLABONG: Deal THREE (3) hole cards face down and ONE (1) face up
  3. Begin betting
    3a. For PINEAPPLE: Discard one hole card
  4. Deal three cards on the flop
    4a. For CRAZY PINEAPPLE: Discard one hole card
    4b. For DOUBLE FLOP HOLD EM: Deal two sets of three cards on the flop
    4c. For SHANGHAI: Deal only TWO (2) cards on the flop
  5. Deal one card on the turn
    5a. For DOUBLE FLOP HOLD EM: Deal two sets of one card on the turn
    5b. For SHANGHAI: Deal only TWO (2) cards on the turn
  6. Deal one card on the river
    6a. For DOUBLE FLOP HOLD EM: Deal two sets of one card on the river
  7. Proceed to showdown
Five Card Draw

Basic original type of poker

  1. Ante up
  2. Deal five cards face down
  3. Begin betting
  4. Discard up to 3 cards or four if one is an ace
  5. Dealer draws to replace any discarded cards
  6. Begin the second and final round of betting
  7. The best hand takes the pot
Seven Card Stud

Intermediate poker

  1. Ante up
  2. Deal two face down cards and on face up card
  3. Lowest face uo brings in the bet
  4. Deal 4th street card
  5. Resume betting with highest card hand showing
  6. Deal 5th street
  7. Resume betting with higher minimum bet
  8. Deal 6th street card
  9. Resume betting with higher minimum bet
  10. Deal 7th street card face down
  11. Proceed to showdown
Triple Draw

This is actually five-card draw with some crazy twists. In the case of our variation 2 - 7 draw, the lowest hand wins, but straights and flushes count and aces are considered high. Thus, A2345 is a very bad hand and the best possible hand is 2,3,4,5, and 7 (and it cannot be a flush).

  1. Post Small and Big Blinds.
  2. Deal five cards face down.
  3. Begin betting.
  4. Discard up to all five cards. Discard no cards to “stand pat.”
  5. Dealer “draws” to replace any discarded cards.
  6. Second round of betting.
  7. Discard up to all five cards.
  8. Dealer “draws” to replace any discarded cards.
  9. Third round of betting.
  10. Discard up to all five cards.
  11. Dealer “draws” to replace any discarded cards.
  12. Followed by a final round of betting.

Poker Night Variations

There are many variations on the traditional games of poker that come up now and then at Poker with the Guys and some Gals.

Seven Card No-Peaky

This one is just plain old luck of the draw. Deal everyone 7-Cards face-down and the first player lifts a card face up and bets on it. The second player has top beat that card with a higher card or a pair then bets on it. The third player now has to beat the second player's cards by placing one card face up at a time. If any player cannot beat the previous players hand after all seven cards are face up, then they are obviously out of the hand.

The winner is the player with the best five-card hand with all seven cards. Betting is done after a player has beaten the previous players hand.

Roll Your Own

Can be played as a Five or Seven Card draw.

After the dealer has shuffled the cards, the dealer deals one card (or two cards of playing seven-card draw) face down to each player. The second card is face up but the player has the option to take it or not. If the first player takes it, the dealer does the same to the next player and so on. If the first player chooses not to take it, the card is offered to the next player and so on down the line until someone takes it or the last player has been given a chance to take it. If that player chooses to take it then the next card is dealt to the previous player face up no matter what. After the second card is delat to each player, betting begins as normal. The process is redone for the third, forth, fifth, and if needed the sixth, and seventh card.

The unkown of the game is the hole cards.

Baseball

Do not remember the rules.

Pot

This is the amount of money that is available to win. The more money bet into the pot, the more the winnings are.

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