In the first round you cannot “Check”, but you can do any of the following: Bet, Call, Raise or Fold. The two cards are called “hole cards” or “pocket cards”.Īfter this the players choose if they would like to make a bet. When the blind bets are placed, the dealer gives out two cards to each player. Passing on making an action(if no bet is in play)įirst Round – The Pre Flop, Dealing The Cards During a betting round, each player in turn takes one of the following actions: Betįorfeit cards and your chance of winning the pot The big blind is always the minimum bet at the table and the small blind is half. The small blind is posted by the first player and the big blind by the second. The two players to the left of the dealer start with placing blind bets. Hold’em is played with two blinds (a bet before the pocket cards are received). This is to ensure that there is action with every hand.
Most hands of poker begin by some form of forced betting. At the end of the hand the button is passed clockwise to the next player. The person who is dealt last is regarded as the dealer and as such is marked with a dealer button.
Each player is dealt two pocket or hole cards which they consider with the five community cards to make the best possible five-card hand.
Texas Hold’em is a community card game, meaning that some cards are dealt face up in the middle of the table and shared by all players.
