Texas Holdem Poker Rules
By Stanley Majors, Sat Dec 10th
To new players the Texas Holdem poker rules could seemquite complicated but in truth the game is fairly simple tofollow once you know the basics.
Texas Holdem is quite a fast paced style of poker. If you'replaying online poker you're normally only given about 15 secondsto decide if you're going to bet, check, or fold.
If you haven't played Texas hold poker before, I'd suggest youplay poker online forfree to get more familiar with the rules and pace of the game.
But before you head off to your favourite online poker site , you'll
need to get a basicunderstanding of the Texas holdem Poker Rules as well asthe different poker hand rankings.
Holdem Poker rules : The game begins when the first person tothe left of the dealer button (see the Trident Poker gameinterface), places a small blind bet. A small blind bet isnormally about half the lower stake.
Play continues in a clockwise direction and the next player isrequired to post a big blind bet, which is equal to the lowerstake. Every player at the table then has an opportunity to callraise or fold.
Once all the bets have