The Games	Order of Bets	Rank of Hands	Glossary
Overview: Poker is a card game where 2 to 10 people sit around a table, deal cards from a deck of 52, and place bets that accumulate into a pot as the game progresses.  The best poker hand wins the pot. Below is a detailed description of how to play the four games of poker offered at PokerFunClub.  If you'd like an animated tutorial, you can download PokerFunClub (it's free), log on and watch live games, then play live poker to give yourself some practice. The built-in hints feature will tell you what's happening at each event and our free poker tips will have you at the table with the best of them in no time. The three games currently offered by PokerFunClub are: Texas Hold'em Omaha Omaha Hi/Low These are the games most commonly found in card rooms around the world. All three are quite similar in concept and easy to grasp, but each demands a very different strategy (but that part's up to you). Texas Hold'em is the base from which the other two are derived. Below is a detailed description of Texas Hold'em, followed by explanations of the other two fun poker games. While the number of free online poker Web sites continues to grow at a rapid pace, there are very few that offer the features that PokerFunClub does such as play money and chips as well as tutorials and a wide selection of materials to help you learn to play poker - whether its at home for money or online poker for fun. Texas Hold'em: Sit down Up to 10 players plus a dealer are seated around al table. Dealer Button In front of one of the players is a round disk or button.  This dealer button determines the order of betting (explained later) and moves to the left by one player consecutively after each hand. Post Blinds At the beginning of each hand, before the cards are dealt, the two players directly to the left of the dealer button must post "blinds" (i.e., place bets before getting their cards).  The player to the immediate left of the dealer button posts the "small blind," equal to half of the minimum bet (e.g., $5 for a 10-20 game).  The player to the left of the small blind posts the "big blind," equal to the amount of the minimum bet (e.g., $10 for a 10-20 game). Pocket Cards Once the blinds have been posted, the first round of cards are dealt, consisting of two cards face down to each player (the "pocket cards"). Each player can see their own pocket cards.  Then the first round of betting takes place, beginning with the player immediately to the left of the big blind and rotating clockwise around the table. Betting Bet amounts are fixed by the table stakes; e.g., in a 3/6 table, bets are $3 in the first two rounds, $6 in the last two. The bet amount can climb a maximum of 4 times in each round of betting.  i.e. 4 bets and raises can take place in each round, i.e. 1 bet and 3 raises. The Flop Cards Next, three cards are dealt face up in the middle of the table (called the "Flop"), after which a second round of betting takes place, beginning with the player immediately to the left of the dealer button. (All subsequent rounds of betting begin with the player to left of the dealer button). The Turn Card Following this, a fourth card is dealt face up in the middle of the table (called the "Turn card"), after which a third round of betting takes place. The River Card Finally, a fifth and final card is dealt face up in the middle of the table (called the "River card"), after which the fourth and final round of betting takes place. Showdown Once all betting is completed, the person with the highest five-card poker hand using any combination of their two pocket cards and the five community cards (flop, turn and river cards), wins the pot. Start again! After a hand is completed and the pot taken by the winner, the dealer button is moved one player to the left, and the next hand begins.   Omaha: Omaha follows the same sequence as Hold'em, but with two differences: 1) players are dealt four cards instead of two; and 2) players must use two of their four cards to make the hand, no more no less.   Hi/Low games: Hi/Low Omaha plays the same as regular Omaha, except there is an additional way to win a share of the pot. The Hi winner has the best typical poker hand, e.g. a full house -- there is always a Hi winner. The Low winner has 5 different cards below a 9. For example, if between your pocket and the community cards, you had a 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 of mixed suits, you'd have a Low hand, and be entitled to a share of the pot (your share depends on how many other players won). There may not be a Low winner every hand.