Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Online Poker Games 101

Poker is a card game that share betting rules and usually (but not always) hand rankings. Poker games differ in how cards are dealt out, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown (for some games, the pot is split between both the high and low hands), bet limits, and how many rounds of betting are allowable.

When we speak of online poker, this is a poker game played over the internet. Online poker gambling has been particularly responsible for the growth of worldwide poker players. The increase of many avid online poker players has also caused poker revenues to increased from $82.7million in 2001 to a whopping $ 2.4 billion last 2005. Imagine how many people got incredulously hooked to online gambling especially with online poker games. For this post, we will briefly discuss online poker games that got millions hooked. Below are some popular online poker games among online poker players.

Texas hold 'em

Among all poker games this one is the most popular both online and offline. This is a community card poker game where each player can use any combination of the five community cards and the player's own two hole cards to make a poker hand.

Omaha

This online poker game is similar to the Texas hold'em, a community card game. Each player is given four cards and he must use his best hand in picking the two cards of choice, plus exactly three of the five community cards.

Seven-Card Stud

Seven-card stud used to be the most popular online poker game before the Texas hold'em grabbed the attention of the majority in online gambling. Two to eight players can play this particular poker game. The players are dealt seven cards throughout the course of the hand, but only the best five-card poker hand possible for each player is used to determine the winner.

Razz

Razz is a stud poker game that is normally played for ace-to-five low. The objective of this particular poker game is to make the lowest five-card possible hand from the seven cards given to you during the deal. Straights and flushes do not count against you for low while the ace always plays low. The best possible Razz hand is 5-4-3-2-A, or 5 high, also known as "the wheel" or "the bicycle".


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