How to Play Texas Hold'em | Beginners Guide | PokerNews

[00:05] Hey guys you're watching pokernews.com I'm Lyn Gil Martin and I am going to teach you the rules of No Limit Texas Holden poker at the start of any Texas Holden poker game the dealer shuels a standard

[00:19] 52 card deck in casinos and card rooms the dealer does not play however in home games the dealer Duties are usually shared amongst all the players at the table so in self- delt home games the deal duties change to the next player in

[00:33] every hand in a clockwise Direction and it's always the person to the immediate left of the dealer to act first so having the deal duties rotate allows for an even spread of positions at the table so that no one seat has an advantage by

[00:48] that I mean that the first person to act in a hand is at a disadvantage because they have no idea what the other people at the table may do whereas someone who acts later has been able to collect information from those in an earlier

[01:01] position in games with a dealer a round desk disc called the dealer button moves clockwise from player to player to each hand the button marks which player would be the dealer if the game was self- dealt every hand requires two forced

[01:19] bets called Blinds games begin with the two players to the left of the dealer who are in early position as I explained putting a predetermined amount of money something to pay play for on every hand most often the small blind who is the

[01:38] player to the immediate left of the dealer puts up half of the minimum bet and then the player to their left who is called the big blind puts up the full minimum bet in cash games this amount is what determines the stakes for example

[01:52] when you see a $1/2 no limit hold him that means that on every single hand of the game the small blind puts out $1 and the big blind puts at $2 so this reinforces what I was referring to earlier with the rotating of positions

[02:05] as it would be unfair for seats one and two to always post the blinds so in the next hand this dealer button will move along to this player and then this player will be the small blind and then this player will be the big blind in

[02:17] tournaments the same applies but the only difference is that the amount is increased over time in order to ensure the elimination of players this is why you may see a breakdown of levels for a tournament that is what determines the

[02:29] minimum bet per level each player is dealt two cards face down these are called the whole cards now you must protect these cards from being seen by any other player so you need to check them very discreetly

[02:44] the object of the game is to combine these two cards with the five cards which will eventually be laid out in front of the dealer known as the board to make the best poker hand at the table so this hand May consist of two whole

[02:56] cards and three of the board one whole card and four of the board or very occasionally neither of your whole cards and just the board the first round of betting takes place immediately after the deal with no

[03:10] cards yet on the board the first player to act is the player to the left of the big blind because these two players were initially forced to act the first to act has three options to call raise or fault to call the player places a bet that is

[03:24] equal to the big blind to fold the player pushes the cards face down towards the middle of the table which constitutes the muuk this player will no longer be in the hand to raise the player adds an additional amount to that

[03:39] he or she wishes as long as it is at least double the amount of the big blind own stack if the player bets all of their chips this is known as Allin so all of the following players then have the same three options which

[03:55] only change changes should the previous player raise if this player then raises then this player's call size is that of the raise no longer of the big blind this player still has an option to raise and in this case it would be referred to

[04:09] as a re ra and in accordance with the previously mentioned raising guidelines once the first betting round is complete the dealer discards the top card of the deck this is called burning and is done so to ensure that no one

[04:23] accidentally saw the top card and to help prevent cheating the dealer then places three cards face up on the table these cards are called The Flop this round and all further betting rounds start with the first player to

[04:39] also known as blinds they are only pre flop in this post flop betting rounds we have one more option in addition to calling raising or folding players now

[04:51] have the option to check this is like taking a pass staying in the hand without betting and passing on to the next player to make a move if everyone T then that betting round is complete and everyone gets to see a free card however

[05:04] if someone bets then all players must either call raise or fault checking is not possible if a bet has been made by a player before you after the completion of the second betting round a further card is burned

[05:17] and then the dealer adds the next card to the board this is called the turn now a third round of betting commences once again starting with the player to the immediate left of the dealer

[05:31] after the completion of the third betting round a further card is burned and then the fifth final Community card is added to the board this is known as river the fourth and final round of bets now takes place with the same rules as

[05:45] all the previous rounds and this is where the real excitement happens Showdown when the challenged player must reveal their cards and a winner is determined by who has the best hand as I explained earlier players can use two of

[05:58] with four Community cards or in the rare occasion all five Community cards which in that scenario would usually end up as a chopped pot situation with the two two

[06:10] or more players involved have the same hand so the split of the pot is even otherwise May the best hand win an important point to note is that not all hands actually reach Showdown or even the fourth betting round as folding is

[06:24] an option that is widely used if a player makes a bet and everyone else folds to them then they scoop up the pot without having to show their carts this is the part that makes it really fun with bluffing