Free Texas Hold Em

How to Play Free Texas Hold Em - The Shuffle, The Deal and The Blinds

When you play Free Texas Hold em, the dealer shuffles a standard 52-card deck, and in casinos, the dealer never plays, but round disc, known as a "dealer button", moves clockwise from player to player with each hand. The button marks which player would be the dealer if the deal were advanced from player to player as the game went along, and the most Free Texas Hold em Poker games start with the two players to the left of the dealer (the button) putting a predetermined amount of money into the pot before any cards are dealt, ensuring that there's something to play for on every hand. This is called "posting the blinds", and the "first blind" is the player to the left of the dealer, which puts up half the minimum bet, and the "second blind" puts up the full minimum bet. After that each player is dealt two cards, face down, which are known as the "hole" or "pocket" cards.

How to Play Free Texas Hold Em - The Flop

After the first betting round, The Free Texas Hold em game continues with the dealer discards the top card of the deck, which is called burning the card and is done to ensure that no one accidentally saw the top card, and to help prevent cheating. Then the dealer deals the next three cards face up on the table, which are known as the "flop". Eventually, at the end og the Free Texas Hold em game, a total of five community cards will be placed face up on the table. Players are allowed use any combination of the community cards and their own two hole cards to form the best possible five-card hand. After the flop, another round of betting occurs, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer (the button), and during this and all future rounds of betting, players can check, call, raise, or fold when it's their turn to bet.

How to Play Free Texas Hold Em - The Turn and The River

The Free Texas Hold em game, continues with the dealer burns another card and plays one more face up onto the table. This, the fourth community card, is called the "Turn" or "Fourth Street", and the player to the left of the dealer (the button) begins the third round of betting. Then the dealer burns another card before placing the final face-up card on the table, which is called the "River" or "Fifth Street".

How to Play Free Texas Hold Em - Final Betting and The Winner

After they receive the River, the players, remaining in the Free Texas Hold em game, can now use any combination of seven cards, from the five community and the two hole cards to form the best possible five-card hand. Now, the fourth and final round of betting starts again with the player to the left of the dealer (the button), and after the final betting round, the remaining players in the game reveal their hands, starting with the player who made the initial bet or the player who made the last raise.