One poker community, three ways to play!
The same great cash games, tournaments and promotions, in Classic, 3D or Instant!
Click below to play.
earn how to play Texas Hold’em Poker
Hold’em is the most popular and well-known variant of poker. it’s the most famous of the flop-based games, and the simplest to learn.
A player is dealt two ‘hole’ cards, and then 5 community cards that all players share which arrive in a specific sequence: the ‘flop’ (3 cards at once), the ‘turn’ (or ‘fourth street’) and the river (or ‘fifth street’). A round of betting ensues after each of the four rounds: pre-flop (when each player has only their two face-down pocket or hole cards), post-flop, turn and river. Once all betting is completed there is a “showdown” where the best hand tabled by a player will win the pot.
The idea is to make the best five-card poker hand from the seven available in any combination of community and hole cards. With 4 betting rounds there is a lot of room for Texas hold’em strategy and information to come to the fore (compared to a game like, say, 5 Card Draw) that the game has become the game of choice for beginners and enthusiasts alike.
“Texas Hold’em poker takes a minute to learn, and a lifetime to master” goes the saying, and maybe this is the reason that “The Cadillac of poker” is why the game has become the signature poker game of the World Series Of Poker.
Many other top line events have sprung up around the massive influx players to the game that has been created by T.V. and the Internet. Competitions like the Poker Million, L.E.O.C.O.P and the European Ladies Championship further show the popularity of the game. You can even sail away on the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise and play Texas Hold’em poker while sailing the Caribbean, such is the diversity of events and experiences available to the modern poker player.
Helped by the internet phenomenon, the ability to play anytime, anywhere and the relatively cheap cost of playing satellites to enter big tournaments (Chris Moneymaker paid $40 to enter a Texas Hold’em online poker satellite to the WSOP main event and won $5,000,000!) has made the game accessible to all. Celebrities such as Matt Damon, Toby Maguire, Michael Jordan and even Montell Williams have featured in many events – always followed by a big crowd of onlookers!
