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Thursday, June 23, 2005
poker rules
Whether Fans Tune In Or Turn Out, Americans Are Loving Poker The cards were flying and the chips were splashing at the Washington State Poker Championship played out at a cardroom in Renton. There were 13 people left from a field of 198 who had started the previous day playing Texas Hold'em. Only the top 10 finishers would win any money. But that's poker rules . And that's why millions of Americans are watching it on television, and playing it across living room tables, at casinos and card rooms, online and even on the Microsoft campus and in a University of Washington classroom. Microsoft has a poker-related e-mail list. According to employee Sheemiwas Kelkar of Bellevue, "People ask questions about certain hands, sometimes people share stories, sometimes news like big upcoming tournaments. Stuff like that." A recent Microsoft tournament attracted 300 employees and raised approximately $26,000 for charity. Why the interest in poker there? "There is a lot of intellectual challenge," Kelkar said. "It takes a lot of math skills, among other things." A course titled "Learn Poker for Fun and Profit," taught by this writer, was added to the UW's Experimental College last year and will be taught twice during spring quarter there and at Discover U at Northgate. Of course, friendliness comes with the expectation that a newcomer will leave some money behind. Experienced players consider this a "tuition" payment. An inexpensive way for new players to experience the game is to enter one of the many small tournaments proliferating in the Northwest. In some cases $10 or $20 can buy hours of card-playing. Always ask about the rules, structure and cost of a tournament before you enter. Pepper Uno, manager of a cardroom, thinks poker will continue to grow in the Northwest and nationally. The increased television coverage of tournaments -- especially the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel -- continues to draw more and more new players into the game. "The people I play golf with don't play poker, but they're talking to me about which player played which hands on TV," Uno said. "They're talking about the details of the hand, and I can't even remember the last hand I played a lot of the time." Many of the tournaments on the Travel Channel are no-limit Texas Hold'em. In this game, each player receives two "hole" (private) cards. After a round of betting, three shared cards are exposed in the center of the table. Each player can use those cards to improve his/her hand. After another round of betting, a fourth community card is turned up. That card is followed by another round of betting; one last community card is turned up and a final round of betting occurs. Then the remaining players turn up their two hole cards, and whoever has the best five-card poker hand wins. If more than one player has the same hand, the pot is split evenly among the winners. In no-limit Texas Hold'em, a player can bet everything at any time -- going "all in" -- which fuels drama. The beauty of televised poker is that tiny cameras show the audience each player's hidden hole cards, something their opponents can only guess. The viewers see the bluff coming or know when someone is "drawing dead" with no way to win. Just imagine yourself in one of those games playing for hundreds of thousands of dollars. You are running low on chips and know you have to do something soon. You push all your chips into the middle and say, "All in." Your opponent stares intently at you, looking for a "tell" (a sign of weakness or strength). You struggle to keep your breathing even, looking only down at your hands, which feel like lead weights. Suddenly one of your eyelids twitches. You're sure everyone saw it and knows that you are on a bluff! After 30 seconds that feel like molasses dripping from a spigot, your opponent folds, tossing her cards. You act bored and indifferent as you stack the large pile of chips that the dealer has shoved over to you. This is the type of action that is making poker such a spectacle and so inviting for players. "The game is growing very, very fast. The local tournaments have twice the number of people in them than they had a year or two ago," said Peter Fisher, a semi-retired 80-year-old physician from Seattle who often can be found at the final table of the many tournaments he enters each year. He is impressed by his fellow players. "They are a conglomerate of people -- the doctor, the lawyer, the bricklayer, the policeman, the professional poker player -- everybody at the poker table is a little bit of all of America."
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
poker rules one on one
1 on 1 poker RulesOne-on-One Poker is a great way to pass the time with your favorite Player, or just to try something different for a change. It's intense and you have to be quick on your feet! Games that offer One-on-One Poker •Texas Hold'em •Omaha Hi •Omaha Hi-Lo •7 Card Stud •5 Card Stud The Rules of One-on-One Poker The rules of One-on-One poker are the same as those of the parent game with just a few exceptions: •Naturally, only two Players can sit at the table •There is not limit to betting rounds •The buy-in-limit is set by the card room. Players are informed when they are seated whether their buy-in amount is sufficient
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Texas Hold 'Em poker rules
Texas Hold 'Em Poker Rules February 12, 2005 Texas Hold 'Em (or Texas Holdem) is the version of Poker played in many casinos, and seen on the Travel Channel's World Poker Tour and ESPN's World Series of Poker. These are the basic rules for Texas Hold 'Em Poker. The Shuffle, The Deal and The Blinds The dealer shuffles a standard 52-card deck. Most Texas Hold 'Em Poker games start with the two players to the left of the dealer (the button) putting a predetermined amount of money into the pot before any cards are dealt, ensuring that there's something to play for on every hand. This is called "posting the blinds." Most often, the "first blind" -- the player to the left of the dealer -- puts up half the minimum bet, and the "second blind" puts up the full minimum bet. Each player is dealt two cards, face down. These are known as the "hole cards." Betting Begins A round of betting takes place, beginning with the player to the left of the two who posted the blinds. Players can call, raise, or fold when it's their turn to bet. The Flop After the first betting round, the dealer discards the top card of the deck. This is called burning the card and is done to ensure that no one accidentally saw the top card, and to help prevent cheating. The dealer then flips the next three cards face up on the table. These cards are called the "flop." After the flop, another round of betting takes place, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer (the button). During this and all future rounds of betting, players can check, call, raise, or fold when it's their turn to bet. Fourth Street The dealer burns another card and plays one more face up onto the table. This, the fourth community card, is called the "turn" or "Fourth Street." The player to the left of the dealer (the button) begins the third round of betting. Fifth Street The dealer burns another card before placing the final face-up card on the table. This card is called the "river" or "Fifth Street." Final Betting and The Winner Players can now use any combination of seven cards -- the five community cards and the two hole cards known only to them -- to form the best possible five-card Poker hand. The fourth and final round of betting starts with the player to the left of the dealer (the button). After the final betting round, all players who remain in the game reveal their hands. The player who made the inital bet or the player who made the last raise shows their hand first.
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Friday, May 13, 2005
7 Card Stud Poker rules
7 Card Stud Poker rules 7 Card Stud Poker is one of the easiest games to learn, and is used throughout most households today. The object of the game to finish with the best poker hand and win the pot. As they say, know when to hold and know when to fold. Read carefully though, consider your strategy and follow these tips to increase your chances of winning:
If the cards you need to help improve your hand are visible in your opponents hands, consider them dead to you
There are 13 cards in a suit. You need five of them to make a flush, if the cards you need happen to be in your opponents' hand you have no chance of them being dealt to you, however, if you can't see them, it means that it is still possible to receive those cards
A "big pair" is worth betting on, unless another player is betting aggressively on what seems to be a very good hand
Fifth Street is a make or break point. As the bet amount doubles each round, ensure your hand can produce a win at the end of the game. This will minimize your loss
It is advisable to fold if another player's exposed cards beat your entire hand
If you are trying to compete a Straight, check to see if another player displays the cards you need. You can then adjust your strategy accordingly
Fold when necessary. 7 Card Stud poker is a game of patience; so do not bet all your money on losing hands. 7 Card Stud rewards patience above all other virtues!
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Thursday, May 12, 2005
MS Texas Hold 'em 2.01
MS Texas Hold 'em 2.01 Review You hear the word Poker and it conjures up images of a table in a dark corner with smoke curling up to the ceiling as guys, hunched over their cards, are all deep in thought. Why not take the game to the tech age with reports and predictions to help you along? Texas Hold'em gives you this and more with a simulated game table, whereby you can set table poker rules complete with screen players, cards, chips, and pot. You can even turn on autoplay to watch a game in action that you do not even participate in.Texas Hold 'em is, just as the name implies, a program that simulates the special type of poker where each player starts out with 2 Hole cards that they play with a varying number of community cards.As the application opens, a green game board appears with an empty Kitty (Pot) box. After you select Play, and then, click on the Deal box, every player on the screen board automatically dealt 2 cards and an amount appears in the Pot box. One red poker chip next to a player designates the small blind. That is, that player has a small mandatory amount of money that he has to bet. Your hand has a box with 7 buttons over your two face-up cards. In the title bar is the amount that it costs you to stay in the game. As your cursor passes over each button, the complete function appears both in the Status bar and in the tool tip.First there are 3 basic action buttons: Raise, Call, and Fold. Then the Max and Min buttons tell you the maximum and minimum amount that you can raise. Lastly, the Info button opens you up to a whole other world of poker analysis. The Poker Calculator gives you the pot to bet ratio and gives you chances and odds to 1. The Wins and Stays gives you just that as well as wins and money ratios. You can also select Last-card Details, Extended Reports and Quit This Hand.After you Raise or Call, community cards appear as other players up the Ante or Fold. Finally the hand is over and the winner is declared in a bright green box with the amount won in poker chips. All players now have their hole cards face-up next to each player, with whether they raised or folded and what cards they played. To start a new hand, just click on the Deal box. During a hand you can keep track of what is going on by watching the Status bar.What about practicing your weak plays? No problem. On the Main menu you can select Table Rules and Rig the Game specifying which Card or Card Types of each individual players you want to rig. You will know you have set this by seeing “This game is rigged!” You can also set Betting Limits and Action Control, that is, how fast the game is played. Selecting Strategies allows you to create many different card scenarios. This is also a great help in your progress toward becoming a poker expert.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Rules to Play Omaha Poker.
Omaha Poke rules may resemble Texas Hold’em in the fact that it is a game played with five community cards but the game is quite different. There are two variations of the game, Omaha High only and Omaha Hi/Lo split. It can be played with the betting being a structured Limit game or you can find No Limit and Pot Limit games. I will use the Limit Omaha High game in the explanation about how to play.
The rules of the game are fairly easy to learn. Limit Hold'em has structured betting, and the lowest limit you will usually find in most casinos is a $2/$4. Other limits you may find are 5/10 or 10/20 or higher. I will be using the 32/4 game as an example in this book. That means the minimum bet is three dollars during the first two rounds of betting and the minimum bet is six dollars during the last two betting rounds. These same limits are used when you raise as well.
The Dealer
Since the casino supplies a dealer one player must be the designated dealer who will act last during the betting rounds. A disk or "Button" is used to identify the dealer and this is rotated to the left after each hand. Unlike stud, all the players do not ante each round. Blind bets are posted to generate a starting pot just the way that they are in Texas Hold’em.
The Start
To start a new hand two "Blind" bets are put up or "Posted." The player immediately to the left of the player with the dealer button puts up or "posts" the small blind which is approximately half the minimum bet. The small blind for the $2/4 game is one dollar. The player to the left of the small blind posts the big blind which is equal to the minimum bet which is two dollars for this game. The rest of the players do not put up any money to start the hand. Because the button rotates around the table, each player will eventually act as the big blind, small blind and dealer. It will cost you three dollars every time the deal makes a complete rotation around the table.
The Opening
After the blinds are posted each player is dealt four cards face down with the player on the small blind receiving the first card and the player with the dealer button getting the last card. The first betting round begins with the player to the left of the big blind either putting in two dollars to "Call" the blind bet, or putting in four dollars to "raise" the big blind or folding his hand. The betting goes around the table in order until it reaches the player who posted the small blind. That player can call the bet by putting in one dollar since a dollar bet was already posted. The last person to act is the big blind. If no one has raised, the dealer will ask if they would like the option. This means the big blind has the option to raise or just "check."
The Flop
After the first betting round is completed the dealer will "burn" or discard the top card on the deck. This is done to make sure no one could have accidentally seen the top card. Three cards are dealt and turned face up in the middle of the table. This is known as the "Flop." These are community cards used by all the players. Another betting round begins with the first active player to the left of the dealer button. The minimum bet for this round is also three dollars.
The Turn
When the betting round after the flop is completed, the dealer burns another card and turns a fourth card face up in the middle of the table. This is referred to as the "Turn." The minimum bet after the turn is now four dollars and begins again with the first active player to the left of the button.
The River
Following the betting round for the turn, the dealer will burn another card and turn a fifth and final card face up. This is called the "river," and the final betting round begins with four dollars being the minimum bet. There is usually a three or four raise maximum during all betting rounds except if the play becomes heads up with two players. Then the raises are unlimited.
The Showdown
To determine the winner, the players MUST use two of his hole cards and three cards from the "Board" to form the highest five-card hand. In some rare cases the best hand will be the five cards on board. In that case the active players will split the pot. A sixth card is never used to break a tie.
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Saturday, May 07, 2005
Flop It, Fit It Or Fold - Poker Rules
A quick look at the rules to play poker after the flop.
I have discussed the importance of position and starting hands when deciding to enter a pot. The next decision you have to make is whether to continue or fold after you see the flop. It is said that the flop defines your hand. That is because after the flop your hand will be 71% complete. Where does this figure come from? Assuming you play your hand out to the end it will consist of seven cards. After the flop you have seen 5/7 of the final hand, which is equal to 71 percent. With this much of you hand complete you should have enough information to determine whether to continue or not.
Deciding to continue playing after the flop is not as easy as choosing a starting hand. There are only 169 two-card combinations for starting hands but there are thousands of possible hands that can be made with five cards. As a beginner you will want to use the Fit or Fold criteria for deciding to continue playing the hand. If the flop "Fits" by improving your hand or gives you a draw to a four card flush or open end straight you should play. If your hand does not improve you should fold.
This may sound very simplistic but there are other considerations you need to make even if you have a drawing hand. You have to read the board closely after the flop. Many players in low limit games will play any two suited cards. If the flop shows two cards of the same suit there is a good chance one of the other players could be on a flush draw. If the flop gave you open ended straight you could be a loser if the other player makes a flush.
Players in low limit games also like to play any ace regardless of the kicker with it. For this reason you have to be very careful when you see an Ace flop. If you are holding a small or medium pair and there is a bet and raise with an ace on board you should fold. If you entered the pot with a small pair in late position you should fold if you do not make a set on the flop.
Trips Vs Sets
If you have a pair in the pocket and a third card appears on the flop you have a set. If you have a card in the pocket that is matched by a pair that flops you have trips. As a beginner you may feel that both are three of a kind and should be treated the same. This is not true. A set is more powerful than trips. When there is a pair on board another player could have the fourth (case) card giving him trips as well. With a pair on board you also must be careful of the chance of another player having a full house.
Many times the flop will not fit any player. It is for this reason that you want to play solid starting hands. If you have a card in your hand that is higher than any card on the flop, it is called an overcard. If there are not many players left in the hand you may chose to play if you hold two overcards. Before you consider this you must be certain that the flop did not give someone a flush or a straight. You need to be aware that the more people in the hand the more of a chance that someone will have a pair. If someone bets before you, your safest move would be to fold with just overcards.
Learning to read the board is an important skill you will need to develop even when you follow the fit or fold method for playing your hand.
Sometimes a flop will fit our hands but we can still be a loser when someone has flopped a stronger hand. I made that mistake the second time I played in the casino. Here is what happened.
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