Preflop poker

Alright to start off a hand of texas hold'em blinds must be posted, as shown here, always the two players to lthe left of the dealer have to post blinds before they get their cards. The person that is 2 seats away is the big blind and the person next to the dealer is the small blind. The small blind is hjalf of the big blind, like 10 20 or 1500 3000. This is in place to insure that there is always money in the pot. Also once all the other players get their cards they must either fold, call the amount of the blind, or bet. Becasue this is no-limit a person can go all-in preflop if they feel that they have the best hand. For the most part a person should only call the blind if they have suited cards, AKA two spades or hearts, connectors, AKA 56, 78,10J, and so one, or pocket rockets, AKA AA or 22, of high cards like Aj, A1o. This is where a persons planning starts and the type of player they are shines brightly. An agressive player will bet with any decent cards while a careful player may only call the blind with above average cards A player like me, i always want to see cards and i bet very often, I am an agressive player but this does not work for everyone. To play like me you must be ready to get caught, and realize when you are beat before you lose to much. Goodluck and i hope that you are now prepared for the preflop game play.

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Texas hold'em OverView

Alright Texas Hold'em is impossible to tackle in a single post so i will take up through a few posts and i should have it all completed and ready to move onto the next topic by then.

Texas hold'em is a simple game, to start all players are delt two cards face down, these cards are called your pocket cards. At this point there is a round of betting, then the dealer will put out three cards in the middle of the table, this is called the flop. Once again there is another round of betting. After that another card is flipped up in the middle, this is called the turn. This is followed by another round of betting and then that last card, or the river, is delt out into the middle and followed by betting. After this the players left can flop up your cards and see what player has the best hand.

All players are trying to use thier two pocket cards and the 5 community cards to make the best hand

Hands

No mattter what type of poker you are playing these are the hands that you will come across. In all poker games you are making the best five card hand and hoping it beats out your opponet's hand. Above is a list of the different hands in order of strength from top to bottom.

Poker Games

When you think of poker what game comes to mind, for most of us the answer is texas hold'em, almost everyone knows how to play. But in fact their are a TON of different poker games. I now open this to you, I plan to make my way through describing different poker games for a while but if their is a certain one you wish me to go over first all you have to do is leave me a comment i will be sure to get to it first. My plan is to first go over the popular texas hold'em but please feel free to comment me and give me some direction.
Thank you,
Dennis Souder

Poker's Top Spot

Pokers a sport that takes years and years of practice to be good at, it is also one of the fastest up and coming sports out there. This site is going to be set up to aid you in getting started in poker. This site will teach you the basic rules of the most common types of poker and will also provide links to online poker sites that i have used and will give my opinions on. Through contacting me i will also give personal lessons via E-mail. Please comment me and let me know your intrest level.
Thank you,
Dennis Souder