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The rules of Texas Hold’em poker begin the round with every player getting two cards down. The player in the small blind gets the first card. And then the player with the button, which is the dealer, gets the last card.

A standard poker deck is used. The cards that all players get are what are called hole cards. These are the only cards that the player will not use as community cards.

This game now goes to the pre flop betting round. Play also starts with the player to the left of the dealer. And it always continues on in a clockwise position.

Play progresses until one of three things happen. The result could be that all players have folded, surrendered all their chips or a player goes all in. When there are two players remaining after the pre-flop round, the dealer deals three community cards face up.

Ideally you would like to see two players remain after the pre-flop bet. The dealer then deals three community cards up. Then there will be another round of betting.

After the flop ends, one community card is played. The pros call this the turn card. Some do call it the fourth street card as well.

Then there is another betting round. An additional community card is laid. This is called either the river card or the fifth street card.

He will burn another before the turn, and the river. This is so players who are betting cannot see the back of the next community card to come. They could get an advantage if they were to see it.

If a player bets and everyone else folds, then the last player wins the pot and does not have to show his hole cards. If there are a minimum of two or more players remaining after the final bet then there will be a showdown. Now each player will be playing from seven cards, the two in the hole and the five community cards.

Each player plays the best five-card poker hand possible from the seven cards. If the player uses just the community cards and not his hole cards then it is said that he is playing the board. The best result that can come from this is a spilt pot with those that stayed in.

If the best hand is shared by more than one player, then the pot is split equally among them, with any extra chips going to the first players after the button in clockwise order.

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