Poker Rules
Poker is the name given to a variety of card games in which players’ hands are ranked by the cards available to them, whether held individually or shared by multiple players. Different poker games vary in the number of cards dealt, the hand rankings used, the number of hidden and shared cards available, the number of rounds of betting offered and the betting procedures followed. Typically, the winner of each hand of poker is the player that holds the best ranking hand when all cards are shown – this is known as “showdown” – or the player that makes the last uncalled bet, thus winning without needing to reach showdown.
Poker Game Types
Full Tilt Poker offers players a wide variety of poker games to choose from, many with widely differing rules and betting procedures. Please click on the names of the poker games below to learn more and access each game’s poker rules:
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Texas Hold’em
Omaha Hi
Omaha Hi Lo
Razz
Stud Hi
Stud Hi Lo
5-Card Stud
Draw Poker
Mixed Games
Other Games
Rules of Poker
Poker games typically feature a forced bet, such as the Big Blind and Small Blind in Hold’em and Omaha or the Antes and Bring-In in Stud. This forced bet comprises the starting pot in any given hand of poker, and is the first incentive players have to win the hand. Action arising from the subsequent rounds of betting further increases the size of the pot.
Dealing Cards and Betting Rounds
After any initial cards are dealt, players are usually called upon to act in turn, moving clockwise around the table.
Poker Rules
Each player can usually take one of the following actions when it is their turn to act:
Check – players can only check when there is no bet during the current round, and the act of checking passes the action clockwise to the next person in the hand. If all active players check, the round is considered complete.
Bet – players may bet if no other players have bet during the current round.
Fold – players who fold forfeit their cards and cannot win or act again during the current hand.
Call – players can call if other players have bet during the current round; this requires the calling player to match the highest bet made.
Raise – players may raise if other players have bet during the current round; this requires the raising player to match the highest bet made, and make a subsequent bet.
Additional cards, both hidden and visible, may be dealt to players after each betting round has finished, changing the best poker hand that each player may make with the cards
Poker is the name given to a variety of card games in which players’ hands are ranked by the cards available to them, whether held individually or shared by multiple players. Different poker games vary in the number of cards dealt, the hand rankings used, the number of hidden and shared cards available, the number of rounds of betting offered and the betting procedures followed. Typically, the winner of each hand of poker is the player that holds the best ranking hand when all cards are shown – this is known as “showdown” – or the player that makes the last uncalled bet, thus winning without needing to reach showdown.
Poker Game Types
Full Tilt Poker offers players a wide variety of poker games to choose from, many with widely differing rules and betting procedures. Please click on the names of the poker games below to learn more and access each game’s poker rules:
Click here to get free credit
Texas Hold’em
Omaha Hi
Omaha Hi Lo
Razz
Stud Hi
Stud Hi Lo
5-Card Stud
Draw Poker
Mixed Games
Other Games
Rules of Poker
Poker games typically feature a forced bet, such as the Big Blind and Small Blind in Hold’em and Omaha or the Antes and Bring-In in Stud. This forced bet comprises the starting pot in any given hand of poker, and is the first incentive players have to win the hand. Action arising from the subsequent rounds of betting further increases the size of the pot.
Dealing Cards and Betting Rounds
After any initial cards are dealt, players are usually called upon to act in turn, moving clockwise around the table.
Poker Rules
Each player can usually take one of the following actions when it is their turn to act:
Check – players can only check when there is no bet during the current round, and the act of checking passes the action clockwise to the next person in the hand. If all active players check, the round is considered complete.
Bet – players may bet if no other players have bet during the current round.
Fold – players who fold forfeit their cards and cannot win or act again during the current hand.
Call – players can call if other players have bet during the current round; this requires the calling player to match the highest bet made.
Raise – players may raise if other players have bet during the current round; this requires the raising player to match the highest bet made, and make a subsequent bet.
Additional cards, both hidden and visible, may be dealt to players after each betting round has finished, changing the best poker hand that each player may make with the cards