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Strategy: Others

The rules of Texas Hold'em

by PokerStrategy.com

What do you do in a betting round?

WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS IN A BETTING ROUND?

Fold

If you don't want to continue in the hand, you can throw your cards away and "leave" the current round.

Bet

When no-one ahead of you has bet anything, you can do it yourself. You would say, for example: "I bet 10 chips" and place your chips in the pot, so that anyone who wants to play on must pay your bet. If they don't, because it is too expensive, they can fold.

Betting all of one's chips is called going all-in. Once you are all-in, you can't bet anything more, but also cannot fold before the showdown. Indeed, when you are all-in, you will automatically be in the hand until its end, giving you the possibility to win by showing the best cards.

Raise

You can also raise a bet, for example, raising an oponent's bet of 10 chips to 20 chips. By doing this you are making the bet more expensive to call for anyone who wants to play on. If they don't want to pay extra, they must fold.

Call

If someone in front of you has bet, you have the possibility to call this bet. For this you just pay whatever the price of the bet was. If an opponent bets 10 chips, you would call 10 chips to stay in the hand.

Check

If no-one has bet yet, then you can check. This means that you don't place any bet and let the next player act. It is like saying "I'll wait and see what happens".
WHEN IS IT YOUR TURN?

To keep betting rounds organized, there are a few rules to know who's turn it is. Basically, the action goes round the table clockwise. When one player has acted, the player to his left can act.

In the first round of betting the player on the left of the big blind is first to act. From the second round on, it is always the first player on the left of the button.

Once everyone has acted all the bets are collected and placed in the middle of the table. This is called the pot. Whoever wins the hand wins the pot.

On the next page, we will learn about the community cards.

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