April 09, 2009

Poker History and Rules

Poker History and Rules

Poker, in recent years, has become the most popular game at casinos and for a long time, the most popular casino game to be played outside a casino. There are several variations of poker and poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how many hands can be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown, limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed. Poker is believed to be the only casino game that can truly be beat because in reality, players are not playing against the ‘house’, they are playing against each other, with the house taking a cut off each pot.

There are three main families which are used to group poker; stud, draw, and community. Stud is one of the oldest forms of poker played. Players are dealt five cards, one at a time, face-up or face-down, depending on who’s rules you are using, and a round of betting between each dealt card. Today, the most popular form of stud is 7 card stud, where players receive seven cards and must make the best five card hand.

Draw is the simplest style of poker and the most widely played. Players are dealt five cards face-down. After betting, players look at their cards and keep or discard unwanted cards, get dealt new cards in the attempt of making a better hand. Again, depends who you are playing with, but this will determine how many cards are allowed to be discarded and how many turns each player gets. Five card draw is the most popular version of draw poker.

Lastly, community poker, where players are dealt 2 cards face down and a set of community cards face-up in the center of the table. The community cards are for everyone to use to make the best 5 card hand possible. Texas Hold’em is the most famous community poker game.

April 02, 2009

Poker Winning Tips

 

3 Unbeatable Poker Winning Tips

By Ashish K Arora

The number of poker enthusiasts is increasing around the world. One of the reasons for the rise in the number of people playing poker can be attributed to online poker rooms. Playing poker can be fun, while offering you a chance to make some good money. The competition being tough, you can always do with some tried and tested poker winning tips. Let us here take a look at 3 best poker winning tips.

Poker Tip#1: As all of you know there are many different versions of poker that are played around the world. If you want to win consistently it is always recommended that you specialize in a particular version of poker. Instead of frittering away your energies in trying to master various different versions, you can focus your concentration on one particular type of poker.

Poker Tip#2: Another one of the important poker winning tips involves choosing the right site, if you are playing the game online. If you are someone who is just about starting out, then there is no point in choosing an online poker room with full of experienced players. This way you would stand no chance of winning. You should always choose a site where you could play with others having your same skill levels.

Poker Tip#3: Yet another one of the crucial poker winning tips is to sharpen your skills before you participate in any tournament where in you will need to pay a fee to participate. There are many poker tournaments popularly known as 'freerolls' where you can participate for free. You can use them to sharpen your skills playing against veterans and if you are good enough, even win some good prize money. This apart, you can also pick up valuable poker winning tips from other experienced players in such tournaments.

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