Poker

Poker is not a single card game, but a broad class of card games. A poker game can have a simple name like "guts", or it may have a cumbersome name such as "seven card stud eight-or-better high-low split". Most common poker variants, including all those covered in this book, share a fifty-two card "poker deck" (though the playing card deck itself precedes poker by hundreds of years), and certain rules for hand rankings. Common principles /Basics/ — hand rankings, etc. /Betting/ /Expected value/ — when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em /Personality/ /Bluffing/ /Tournaments/ Glossary of Terms Variants Five Card Draw Games These games are played by dealing exactly five cards to each player and then allowing a number of cards to be replaced or drawn from the deck. Players must make the best (or worst) hand with the five cards that they end up with after the draw. Each rule set is based on these simple guidelines but alterations are possible. Five Card Draw /Lowball/ Five Card Stud Games These games are played by dealing exactly five cards to each player. Players must make the best (or worst) hand with the five cards that they are dealt. Each rule set is based on these simple guidelines but alterations are possible. Five Card Stud Seven Card Stud Games Generally these games are played by dealing seven cards to each player. Each player must make the best (or worst) hand from five of their seven cards at the showdown. Each rule set is based on these simple guidelines but alterations are possible. Seven Card Stud Razz (Seven Card Stud Low) Seven Card Stud High-Low Seven Card Stud (control variant) Anaconda (Pass The Trash, 3-2-1 Left) /Baseball/ Follow The Queen And Queens High Chicago Low Chicago Midnight (Blind, Night) Baseball Black Mariah Community Card Games Texas Hold'em Omaha Hold'em Omaha Hold'em High-Low Pineapple Crazy Pineapple Match Pot Games These games are generally played by creating a hand of cards depending on the specific rules and then making a decision of whether to 'hold' or 'drop' their hand. If a player holds their hand and loses in the showdown then they must 'match the pot'. Each rule set is based on these simple guidelines but alterations are possible. /Guts/ (Two card guts and Three card guts) /King Little Man/ Three Strikes Games These games start with a number (usually three) of "stacks" in front of each player. The loser of each hand must put one "stack" into the pot. Players with no "stacks" may no longer play therefore the winner is the last player with at least one stack on the table. Each rule set is based on these simple guidelines but alterations are possible. Scat (31, Blitz) Strategy Ten Commandments of Poker Card games P 25% __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ cs:Pokladnice her/Klasické karetní hry/Poker de:Kartenspiele: Poker he:פוקר nl:Kaartspel/Poker sv:Poker th:โป๊กเกอร์