Basics of Online Poker

Poker is a game involving the use of cards and has become increasingly popular over the last decade due to it being featured in the World Series of Poker and movies such as Rounders. Often, many people perceive that poker is easy to learn but the difficulty is on how to master it. Getting to master a poker game is needs you to have such strategies as; playing a tight game, being aggressive in the game, switch the game randomly and always take advantage of any mistakes done by your opponent. Here are the commonly used terms in the online poker game;

Ante

It is used to represent that minimum amount you must gamble in order to get the chance to enter into the action of the game.

Blinds

This is money, often in chip form that must be placed on the table before the cards shuffled. Blinds are usually in two forms; the small and the big blinds and are essential in ensuring that money is wagered with both hands.

Call

This is indicates that the players have accepted and are willing to match the amount that is already raised.

Check

It is a term used when no new wager and the player has no wish to raise.

Raise

This is a term used when the player wants to increase the bet already on the table

Now that you have the grasp of the terms used in the online poker game, it is prudent that you also get to know the various types of online poker games available today;

Texas Hold Em

This is one of the most popular and loved online game today. In this game, players are dealt two hole or pocket cards after which they wait until 5 community cards are revealed. In this type of poker game, betting is incorporated in four rounds: once after all the hole cards are dealt, once after revealing three community cards, once after revealing the fourth community card, and finally after flipping the fifth community card. This calls for players to make their best hands by combining any cards; communal and the hole cards.

7-Card Stud

This is a game where each player is dealt 7 cards, four up and three down. It calls for the players to make the best 5-card hand from the 7 cards he/she is dealt.

Omaha

This is a game that resembles Hold’ Em and allows for 2-10 players to play at a time. In this game, each player is dealt four hole cards and the 5 community cards are revealed immediately. From 3 of the communal and2 of the hole cards, players should try as much as possible to make their best 5-card.Just like Hold Em, betting takes place in four rounds.

5-Card Draw

In this game every player is dealt 5 cards but gives the player the option to trade in up to 3 of the cards.

High / Low Chicago

In high Chicago, that player with the highest spade face-down is declared the winner of half the pot while in low-Chicago, that player with lowest spade face-down is declared the winner of half the pot.

Follow the Queen

This is a stud online poker game involving the use 7 cards with the restriction that if the player does not flip the queen then there are no wild cards that hand.