History

The exact origins of poker are not known. People think it's a descendant from a game called As Nas, played in ancient Persia.
The game poker as we know apeared in New Orleans somewhere around 1820. By the coming of the railroad it spread all over America and became America's best known and most popular cardgame. In time there came more and more variants of the game.

Unlike Blackjack Poker is played player against other players. Blackjack you play against the dealer of the house.

Hold'em

You have 7-card stud poker and 5-card draw poker. Because 7-card stud poker is the most played poker game in poker rooms at this moment I will show you the rules to that game. You can play the game at tables of 2-10 players. Everyone has to bring in the start money and only 1-3 players will take off with some of the prizes.

Rules

Hold'em also called Sit-And-Go poker

First of all you must choose a table of 2-10 players. As soon as the chairs are all seated the game will start.
Cards will be dealed by the dealer. To start the game two blinds will be placed left from the dealer. The 1st one will be half the minimum bet and the second will be the minimum bet. The longer the game takes the higher the minimum bet gets. The player with the highest hand (5 cards) will win.

1st round
Every player will get two blind cards which only can been seen by you.
After everyone got the two pocket cards the betting will start at the person left of the person with the highest blind.
If it's your turn to bet you can eather fold (throwing your cards), call (go with highest bet) or raise the last bet.
If no one placed a bet you also can check (no bets are placed).
Bets can be raised until the limit has been reached or everyone called.

2nd round
Now the dealer will deal 3 cards called the FLOP. These cards will be placed in the mid of the table and can been seen by everyone. When the cards are dealed the betting starts again.

3th round
An extra card will be dealed next to the FLOP. This one is called the TURN and the next round of betting will start.

last round
After the third round the last card will be revealed and is called RIVER. Now the last bets can be placed.

Last but not least the winner will be revealed. The player with the highest hand will take the pot. If there are 2 or more players with the same highest hand the pot will we devided between the winners. If allowed you will get the possibility to MUCK (throw but not show) your cards so the other players will not see the hand you had.

After the winner is revealed the next game will start. The new dealer will be the first one left to the last one and the new game will start. This will go on until ther's only one player left at the table. This one will be the one who will win the 1st prize.

Hands

Below you will see rankings of the possible hands from highest to lowest

Rank	Hand	Description
1	Royal Flush AHQJ10	A, K, Q, J, 10 all of same suit.
2	Straight Flush 98765	Five cards of the same suit in sequence.
3	Four of a Kind HHHH8	Four cards of the same rank.
4	Full House QQQ99	3 of a Kind and a Pair.
5	Flush J10743	Five cards of the same suit.
6	Straight 98765	Five cards in sequence.
7	3 of a Kind AAA62	Three cards of the same rank.
8	2 Pair H101077	Two cards of one rank, plus two of another.
9	Pair QJ994	Two cards of the same rank.
10	No hand AJ865	No combination of cards can be made.

If more hands are tied in rank, the next rules apply.

• Straight flush
  In this case they all win and the pot will be devided.
• Flush or Straight
  The highest card that is part of the hand determines the winning hand.
  If the highest card still results in a tie the next highest card will determine the winner.
• Full house
  The highest three of a kind will determine the winner.
• Three of a kind
  The highest ranking three of a kind will determine the winner.
• Two pair
  The highest ranking pair in the hand will determine the winner. If this still results in a tie then the remaining pairs will be compared and the highest ranking pair will then determine the winner.
• Single pair
  The player with the highest ranking pair will win. If this results in a tie, then the next highest ranking single card will determine the winner. When this also results in a tie then the next highest single ranking card will determine the winner.
• No hand at all.
  The highest-ranking single card will determine the winner. If this results in a tie then the next highest card will be determined the winner.