Poker Rules

In button games, a non-playing dealer normally does the actual dealing. A round disk called the button is used to indicate which player has the dealer position . The player with the button is last to receive cards on the initial deal and has the right of last action after the first betting round. The…

Texas Hold’em Rules

Texas Hold’em is far and away the most popular version of poker games. Featured in such televised events as the World Poker Tour (WPT) and canonized in the poker film “Rounders”, to many, Hold’em is the only game to play. Basic Rules for Texas Hold’em The game concept itself is pretty simple. Each player is dealt…

Seven Card Stud Rules

Stud was, by far, the most popular form of poker until the Hold’em boom of recent years. Almost all casinos have stud games going at all times, and, since it is studied much less than Hold’em, these games are very profitable. Seven Card Stud is played similar to traditional poker games, such as draw, as…

Robert’s Rules Of Poker

Bob Ciaffone developed “Robert’s Rules Of Poker”. These rules have quickly come to be accepted as the standard for both the rules of the most common poker games and protocol’s to follow as both a player, dealer, and floor person in many poker rooms across the country. Robert’s Rules Of Poker address Texas Hold’em, Omaha,…

Hold’em Rules: Irregularities

In hold’em, players receive two downcards as their personal hand (holecards), after which there is a round of betting. Three boardcards are turned simultaneously (called the “flop”) and another round of betting occurs. The next two boardcards are turned one at a time, with a round of betting after each card. The boardcards are community…