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Introduction

In this article you will learn

• What community cards are
• How a poker hand is constituted
• How the betting rounds work

Welcome to the PokerStrategy strategy section. In the next few minutes you will learn how to play winning poker. Our authors have created a few articles and videos for you in which you will learn how to play Texas Hold'em poker and what strategy to use in order to win. After you are done reading them, you will be able to prove your knowledge in our quiz to receive your $50 + $100 starting capital.

Read all the articles All the articles that have to be read before taking the quiz are listed in the right column. Once you have read an article you can very simply get to the next one.

This first article discusses the rules of Texas Hold'em. The game itself is very easy to understand. Each player is dealt two cards, after which five cards are dealt face-up on the table. First three, then one, and another one. These are called community cards, because everyone can use them in conjunction with their own two cards to form their hand. In between them are four rounds of betting where you can either bet chips or money on your hand.

The first round is the so-called preflop round, which is explained on the next page. This is the round where you are dealt your two cards. Just click on the Next arrow at the top or bottom of the article, to reach the 2nd page of the article.

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