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    Posted: November 11th, 2006 under Bonuses and Promotions, Poker Rules, ezPoker News. Comments: none

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    Stud poker

    Posted: October 20th, 2006 under Poker Rules. Comments: none

    Stud poker are poker variants where each player receives a mix of cards face-down and face-up. Unlike most other poker games which player the action starts with changes from betting round to round. It is usually the player whose face-up cards are the best rather than necessary the player to the left of the dealer.

    Back in the days Five-card stud used to be one of the most popular forms of poker. It has since had to give up its stud poker throne to Seven-card stud which for a long time was the most popular poker game in home games all over the US and at casinos especially on the east coast.

    Five-card stud is a very simple game where each player is dealt one card face-down and one face-up followed by the first betting round. Each remaining player is then dealt one more card face up followed by another betting round and then another and then another until each player has one card face-down and four cards face-up.

    This means that each player knows all but one of the cards in his opponents hand, making for a pretty boring and simple game. Which is probably a big part of the reason why it has lost its popularity to more exciting poker games of stud and non-stud types.

    In Seven-card stud each player is just as in five-card stud dealt one card face-down and one card face-up followed by the first betting round. After that each player is dealt one up card at a time followed by a betting round until each player has one card face-down and five cards face-up.

    Each player is then dealt their seventh and last card face-down followed by the last betting round. At showdown the players make the best five card hand using any of the seven in their hand.

    Omaha Poker

    Posted: October 20th, 2006 under Poker Rules. Comments: none

    Omaha Poker, or Omaha Holdem as it is sometimes refered to, is just like Texas Holdem a community poker card game. Infact both of the games are more or less identical in play.

    Omaha is played in two variations, one where the goal as usual is to make the best high hand, and one called “Omaha 8 or better” where the best high hand splits the pot with the best low hand, but none of the cards in the low hand can include any card higher than an 8. Omaha “high” is especially popular in Europe when played as pot-limit.

    The betting rounds and all other aspects of Omaha are identical to Texas Holdem with the following exceptions:

    1) Each player is dealt four hole cards instead of two.
    2) At showdown each player’s hand is the best he can make by combining exactly two of the four cards in his hand with exactly three of the five on the board. This is unlike Texas Holdem where each player can use both, one or none of his hole cards at his own discretion.

    In “Omaha 8 or better” each player also makes a separate low hand if he has access to five cards which are 8 or lower. Note that the best low hand is ace-to-five, which is of course a straight but when determining low hands straights and flushes are normally not considered as existing at all. This goes for all high/low split games.

    Texas Holdem

    Posted: October 20th, 2006 under Poker Rules. Comments: 2

    Texas Holdem is by far the most popular poker variation in the world and belongs to the group of community card games where players share some of the cards with eachother.

    Before each hand can start two players have to make forced bets. The first one is called the small blind and is made by the player to the left of the dealer, the second is called big blind and is made by the player to the left of the small blind, ie two seats to the left of the dealer.

    The size of the small and big blind varies but in a so called $10/20 limit game where the bets on the first two betting rounds are $10 and the bets on the last two betting rounds are $20 the small blind is $5 and the big blind $10.

    In Texas Hold em play starts with each player being dealt two cards face down, known as the hole cards. The first betting round called pre-flop then begins with the player to the left of the big blind.

    If more than one player remains after the pre-flop round the dealer deals out the flop which consists of three face-up community cards. This is then followed by a second betting round which, just as all subsequent betting rounds, begin with the player to the left of the dealer.

    After this a single fourth community card called the turn is dealt face-up followed by yet another betting round. A final community card called the river is then dealt face-up followed by the fourth and last betting round.

    If more than one player remains after that all players have to show their hands and the player with the best hand takes the pot. Since cards are shared it can frequently happen that two or more players have the exact same hand. In such cases they split the pot.

    Texas Hold em hands are made by combining the two hole cards with the five community cards. Each player may use any combination he wants containing one, both or none of his hole cards with up to five of the community cards.

     

    Draw poker

    Posted: October 18th, 2006 under Poker Rules. Comments: none

    Draw poker is usually considered to be any poker variation where each player is dealt a complete hand consisting of five cards which then changes on later betting rounds by replacing those cards for new ones.

    The actual play starts with each player being dealt five cards face-down. The players then look at their hands followed by the first betting round, starting as in most poker games with the player to the left of the dealer.

    If more than one player remains after this round, as described in the basic poker rules, each player says how many of his cards he wants to change, from none up to all five by first throwing away that number of cards and then being dealt new ones.

    This is followed by the second and last betting round where if any player bets and more than one player remains after its over they must show their cards to determine who has the best of the poker hands.

    While draw poker is what most people who don’t really pay too much attention to the current state of poker think of when they hear the word poker it doesn’t really have much of a scene anymore especially at brick & mortar casinos. A big reason for this is the fact that when playing it skillfully it’s not really a very interesting or action packed game.