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Poker Rules

Here are the rules for Poker, but knowing this doesn’t make you an expert, so be careful. Knowing the difference between each hand doesn’t mean you can play pro. You should practice with friends or a familiar that really knows how to play. As the saying goes… The practice makes the master!

The Rules of Poker

For Poker is used a standard deck with 52 cards. The rank for the cards is this: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three and two (the lowest)

Each group of cards (from ace to two) have a suit, and there are four different suits, spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs. There is no such thing as a higher suit, they are all the same.

Using Jokers will depend on the variation of Poker you are playing, and they take the rank or suit that you want them to. Wild Cards can be the jokers, if you are going to add more cards, or be any card contained in the deck, like deuces. Usually, the dealer gives each player five cards, but this is not always like this. At the 5 Card Stud Poker, you are dealt five cards, at the 7 Card Stud Poker, you are dealt seven cards, and at the Texas Hold’ Em you are dealt only three cards.

Ranking of the hands:

1. Five of a Kind – This hand is only possible if you are playing with Wild Cards. That means that you have five cards with the same number. For example: 9 – 9 – 9 – 9 – 9. If more than one player has a Five of a Kind the hand with higher rank wins. For example: Q – Q – Q – Q – Q beats 9 – 9 – 9 – 9 – 9.

2.. Straight Flush – Is the highest natural hand (with no wild cards) It’s formed by a straight of the same suit (five consecutive cards of the same suit) For example: 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 of clubs. Like in a regular straight, an ace could be high (A – K – Q – J – 10) or low (A – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5) but you cannot use it in the middle (K – A – 2 – 3 – 4) Also know as Wrap Around. An Ace High Straight Flush is know as a Royal Flush and is the highest hand.

3. Four of a Kind – Is the third hand in the rank, and is know as Poker. You’ll need four cards of the same rank (number) For example: A – A – A – A If more than one player has a Poker, the hand with the higher rank wins and if the rank are the same (in the case you are playing with Wild Cards, otherwise it’s impossible) the High Card rules. For example: 9 – 9 – 9 – 9 – 9 – 7 wins, 9 – 9 – 9 – 9 – 3 loses.

4. Full House – It consist of three of a kind plus a pair. For example: 7 – 7 – 7 – J – J In a tie, the untie is made by the three of a kind. For example: 5 – 5 – 5 – 7 – 7 beats 4 – 4 – 4 – A – A In the extraordinary case that the Three of a kind are the same rank, the tie is broken by the pair. (This tie will only happen with Wild Cards)

5. Flush – This hand consist of five cards of the same suit. For example: J – 9 – 6 – 4 – 2 all of spades. In a tie, High Card rules.

6. Straight – This are five cards in consecutive rank order and with different suits. For example: Ks – Qd – Jc – 10s – 9h. Like in the Straight Flush, the ace can be high or low and Wrap Around isn’t allowed. In case of a tie, the highest Straight wins. For example: K – Q – J – 10 – 9 beats 7 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3. If the Straights are identical, the pot splits between the two players.

7. Three of a Kind – Three same rank cards, with the remaining two not being a pair. The highest ranf wins if a tie shows up. For example: 10 – 10 – 10 – 3 – 2 beats 9 – 9 – 9 – J – 5

8. Two Pair – Consist of one pair of two cards of the same rank, and another set of two cards of the same rank but different from the first one and a fifth card different from the other four. For example: A - A – 9 – 9 – 3 In a tie situation, the highest pair wins, if the tie continues, the second pair wins, and if the tie persist the High Card rules. For example: A – A – K – K – Q beats A – A – Q – Q – J

9. Pair – Two cards with the same rank and three with different ranks. Here the highest pair wins, if there is a tie the High Card rule. For Example: K – K – Q – J – 10 beats Q – Q – J – 10 – 9 , and K – K – Q – J – 10 beats K – K – J – 10 – 9

10. High Card – When a hand is poor, and no player could form one of the above hands, it’s called High Card. The player with the highest rank card wins. If a tie happens, the next highest rank card wins, then the third and so on. For example: A – 9 – 6 – 3 – 2 beats K – 10 – 8 – 7 – 4, and A – 9 – 6 – 3 – 2 beats A – 9 – 5 – 3 – 2 The High Card is used to break a tie in the rest of the hands.

Now that you know the basic of the hands and ranks, let’s star with the game. To play Poker, you should know how to bet. To start the Poker game you will need to place a bet called Ante, that’s the way to tell the dealer you are in.

Once the cards are dealt, and it’s your turn to bet, you have three options, you can Call. This means that you put just the necessary amount of chips to match the highest bet. By doing this you earn the right to stay in the game and see the hand of the leading player. You can Raise, that means you overpass the bet that the rest of the players did. If you do this, the other players can Fold Call or Re Raise. If they Fold, you win, If they Call, you will have to show your hand and then see who wins and if they Re Raise you will have the first three options again. Or you can just Fold, meaning that you don’t consider your hand good enough to spend chips on it. If you Fold, your cards go back to the dealer and you watch how the hand evolves without participating.

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