Getting started with poker rules

Many people believe that poker is difficult or even impossible to learn. Poker is generally divided into two categories: Draw Poker and Stud Poker. There are almost no differences in the poker rules of both games presented here.

When playing Stud Poker, every player receives five cards (sometimes seven). Following that, players assess their hands’ relative strength and put chips into play accordingly. If no one is willing to match the bid, the player who bids the most chips wins. At that point, the remaining players will reveal their cards (or better). Those who have the best- hand win all of the chips.

Draw Poker involves each player being dealt 5 cards, after which a betting round begins. Each player then has the option of improving their hand by transferring three cards from the deck to a completely new three. When the player has Ace, he can trade the other cards as well.

Betting rounds are conducted in the following manner

Starting with the leftmost player, players have the following four options:

1. Raise: A player with a good hand (or one who would like others to believe he has the best hand) will be allowed to increase the wager.
2. Fold: It is possible for a player not wanting to wager the increased amount to lay down his cards if he believes that his hand is not good enough to win. Neither will he lose any more chips, nor will he win the hand.
3. Call: Upon a player raising the stakes, the player has a choice: to raise his stakes again, to call or give up & fold his hand, meaning matching the stake placed by the person who raised it.
4. Check: If no wager has been increased yet, a player may choose to stand pat and pass on his bet.

Even though poker games come in many varieties, the same common rules apply. Each player is usually dealt 5 or 7 cards. The goal is to build the best 5 card poker hand that can be. Each poker game has a similar ranking of hands, and the best hands are more rare and difficult to obtain than the less valuable ones.

Ranks are assigned to individual cards. Card rank is often the deciding factor when two players reach the same result. As the most valuable card, the Ace carries the greatest value. Following that, the order is as follows: King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.

Requirements to play poker

• A deck of standard playing cards (without jokers)
• Two or more players
• A poker chip or substitute ( if needed)

Poker Hands and their ranking

1. Royal straight flush: There are five top cards (A-K-Q-J-10) that belong to one of the four suits.
2. Straight flush: The sequence of five cards from the same suit. 
3. Four of a kind: It can be four of one card; the fifth card can be anything in the hand. The ranking of the four cards determines the better hand if two players have four of a kind simultaneously. 
4. Full house: Three of the same card matched with a pair.
5. Flush: Five cards from the same suit, no sequence necessary.
6. Straight: (In numerical order) Five cards in any suit of consecutive rank.
7. Three of the same card: Three cards with the same numerical value, along with two cards that are not matched, make up a trip. 
8. Two pairs: There are two pairs of four cards and a fifth card that is unmatched. 
9. One pair: The second-lowest hand is a pair with three unmatched cards.
10. High card: You have five cards that are unmatched in the weakest hand, high card. What determines the better collection in the hand is the top card held.