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Chapter 1: Poker Stategy
You win hands in one of two ways:
You show down (reveal) the best hand at
the end of the poker round. If there are still two or more
players in the round when the betting rounds have all been
completed, they turn their hands face up on the table.
The winning pot then goes to the player who holds the
highest hand during this showdown, or when all other players fold their hands
and in essence have given up their bets for that round.
Folding a hand means
that a player has chosen to stop betting and he or she
decides not to continue in the round and places the hand on
the poker table. He or she gives up his or her claim to the
poker pot by not matching an opponent's bet. In some cases
you may have the best hand, but of course sometimes you may
have tried to bluff your way to a winning hand - it all
depends on wether your opponents fold, and if they all do
,the pot is going to be yours for the taking!
In games like Seven-Card Stud and Texas Hold'em the best hand is a high
hand. In other games, like Lowball and Razz, the best
hand is a low hand. (The best possible low hand is 54-3-2-A; the next best is
64-3-2-A.)
In split-pot games, two winners split the pot. For example, in Seven-Card Stud,
High-Low Split, Eight-or-Better (mercifully abbreviated as Seven-Stud/8) and
Omaha High-Low Split, Eight-or-Better (or just Omaha/8) the best high hand
and the best low hand split the pot (provided that someone makes a low
hand composed of five unpaired cards with a rank of 8 or lower).
The worst
possible low hand would consist of 87-6-54. The best of all low hands is
54-3-2-A (known as a wheel or bicycle). While a high hand always will be
made in split-pot games, there won't necessarily be a low hand. And when
there's no low hand, the high hand wins the entire pot.
Most games require ante or blind bets. If antes are used, each player must post a token amount of
money in order to receive cards.
As for blinds, one or two players are
required to make a bet or portion of a bet before the hand is dealt. This
requirement rotates around the table so that each player pays his fair share.
Each time a round of cards is dealt, players have an opportunity to check,
bet, fold, call, or raise.
Any time a player decides to forfeit his interest in the
pot, he may release his hand when it is his turn to act (to do something
related to betting: raise, fold, check, or call). When a player folds a hand, he
is not required to place any more money in the pot, and he is relieved of his
stakes in the betting round.
If a player decides to bet and raise raises
and no one decides to call, the pot will belong to that player, the cards are
then collected and we move onto the next round. The next hand is
then dealt. If there are two or more players still
active at the end of the hand, the player with the best hand wins the pot.
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