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Poker games typically feature a forced bet, such as the Big Blind and Small Blind in Holdu2019em and Omaha. These forced bets comprise the starting pot in any given hand of poker, which is the first incentive players have to win the hand.
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The Rules of Online Poker Justin Kuraitis
How Do You Win? • Typically, the winner of each hand of poker is the player that holds the highest ranked hand when all cards are shown at the end of the hand – known as the ‘showdown’ – or the player that makes the last uncalled bet, thus winning without needing to reach a showdown.
Getting Started • Poker games typically feature a forced bet, such as the Big Blind and Small Blind in Hold’em and Omaha. These forced bets comprise the starting pot in any given hand of poker, which is the first incentive players have to win the hand. Action arising from the subsequent rounds of betting further increases the size of the pot.
Dealing Cards and Betting Rounds • After any initial cards are dealt, players are usually called upon to act in turn, moving clockwise around the table.
Check – To check is to decline the opportunity to open the betting. Players can only check when there is no bet during the current round, and the act of checking passes the action clockwise to the next person in the hand. If all active players check, those players remain in the hand and the round is considered complete. • Bet – Players may bet if no other players have bet during the current round. Once a bet has been made, other players must ‘call’ by matching the amount bet, in order to remain in the hand.
Fold – Players who fold forfeit their cards and cannot win or act again during the current hand. • Call – Players can call if other players have bet during the current round; this requires the calling player to match the highest bet made.
Raise – Players may raise if other players have bet during the current round; this requires the raising player to match the highest bet made, and then make a greater one. All subsequent players are required to call the raise or raise again (‘re-raise’) to stay in the hand.
Showdown • Once the last bet or raise has been called during the final round of betting, a showdown occurs; the remaining active players must show or ‘declare’ their hands, and the player(s) with the best ranking hand(s) win the pot. • Players often show their hands in order, rather than all at the same time. Multiple players can share a single pot, with the pot divided in different ways depending on the game rules and how each player’s hand ranks against their opponents.
