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Pass, Bet or
Fold Players pick up their cards and assess their hand. The
player to the Dealer's left opens the betting round by either
placing a Bet, indicating a Pass by placing no bet, or Folding
by discarding their hand. Call and Raise The next player to
the left now has the opportunity to Bet. Or they can Fold.
If the previous players Passed then they can Pass too or place
a Bet of their own. If other players have Bet and they wish
to stay in the round they must Call by matching any outstanding
bets. They can then Raise by placing a bet of their own. The
betting then moves to the next player on the left, then the
next, and so on back to and including the Dealer. Once the
Dealer has placed their bet, the other players must Call any
outstanding bets or Fold. Generally speaking, no Raises are
permitted once the betting has passed around to the Dealer.
Discarding Players may now Discard any or all of their cards
based on their hopes of building a better hand. Cards are
discarded face down and collected by the Dealer. Replacements
The Dealer now deals each player, starting on the left, their
replacement cards, face down. As before the Player on the
Dealer's left begins the betting and the betting proceeds
around the table. Again, the Dealer gets the final Raise.
Then everyone else must Call or Fold. Finally, the remaining
players are ready for the Showdown. If at any time there is
only one player left in the game they take the pot. This player
is encouraged to keep their cards hidden and muck them to
the Dealer. Showdown After the final betting round, and all
the necessary Calls, the players still in the game have reached
the Showdown. The player's hands are revealed. The best hand
wins and the winner takes the pot. If there are tied winning
hands then the rank of the individual cards determines the
winner. For instance Full House of Aces over Jacks beats a
Full House of Kings over Jacks. If it's still a tie and there
are no kickers (spare cards not used to build the final hand)
then the pot is split. If the rank of the individual cards
doesn't determine the winner, then the kicker(s) of higher
rank determines the winner. If it's still a tie, the pot is
split. If there are no "name" hands (all players have No Pair),
then the highest ranking single card is declared the winning
hand. If it comes to a dead tie (no clear winner, all cards
same rank) then the pot is split. Suit is never used to determine
a winner in Poker.
Conclusion
While hands and betting are the basic rules, there is much,
much more to being a successful Poker player. Poker is not
about having the highest ranking hand, it's about winning
the biggest pots. How you do that, short of cheating, is your
business and that is what makes Poker the beloved game that
it is.
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