If you seek to become a poker expert, start with knowing the necessary and right rules. If you are aware of the poker rules and become adept in this game, you can also play these games for real money and get a chance to win big cash prizes.
Though there are many different poker variants, and all may have some different poker strategy and rules, we explain the rules of the most popular variants of this game, such as Omaha and Texas Hold’em.
Poker Rules
According to the Poker Rules, the following is the rightsequence (high to low):
1. Royal Flush
This is the first and the highest hand ranking on the list. A Royal Flush hand includes the cards A, K, Q, J, 10 of the same suits as diamonds, hearts, clubs, or spades.
2. Straight Flush
You can have a straight flush when you have all the five cards with the same suit and are in sequence.
3. Four of a Kind or Quads
You have a Quad lucky when your four cards are of equal rank, of any suit.
4. Full House or Full Boat
A whole house or Full Boat is when your three cards are of the same rank and a pair.
5. Flush
If you hold five cards of the same suit, no matter in which order or sequence, then you can claim flush.
6. Straight
The five cards in sequence of any suit is a straight hand ranking.
7. Three of a Kind
Three of a Kind happens when three cards are of the same rank irrespective of the suit and two cards are of different ranks, any suit.
8. Two Pair
When you have two similar rank cards and two of those, then it is a two pair.
9. One Pair
As the name suggests, having two cards of the same rank is one Pair.
10. High Card
In this type, the player who has the highest card wins.
Poker Actions
When the dealer gives the cards to the players, then the players must decide the action. Then every player will act in the clockwise direction. So, the players can take one of these possible actions:
Check: The act of checking means that you do not want to place any bet on the game. You can check only when no player has made a bet in the current round.
Fold: By doing this action, you can discard your cards and do not take any action in the current hand.
Raise: You can match the highest bet or put a greater bet by doing the action of raise. Then, other players can also ‘raise’ or ‘raise again.’
Call: You can ‘call’ to match the highest bet.
Bet: You can bet even if none of the other players in poker gamesis betting.
Betting rounds
Talking about the rounds, here are some standard betting rounds:
Blind
Pre-Flop
Flop
Turn
River
To win the game of poker, you need to make the best hand using your five cards. The biggest hand is decided based on these poker hand rankings. While it is useful if you know some essential poker tips, you must keep these poker hands in mind while playing the game.
