Poker rules and various card games you can play

Posted by Samar Kundra on December 1st, 2020

Let us discuss various poker games in detail and how they get played. 

Here are some of the most popular card games you can play online now.  

• Texas Hold'em Poker - This variant is the most popular yet and the most played as well. A novice or a champ you've ought to know this game. You get two hole cards and five community cards. You can play this game with poker online for free and participate in tournaments that offer real money poker in India. 

• Omaha Poker - It is the second most popular poker variant to be played. You play the version with four private cards and five community cards. However, the five-card hand must consist of two hole cards. 

• Omaha Hi-Lo - Omaha Hi-Lo or Omaha 8 has more than one winner, and the one with the highest-ranking cards and the one with lowest ranking card hand wins.  

• Seven-card stud - As opposed to the traditional five-card poker this variant allows you to play with seven cards.  

• Five-card Omaha - In this variant of poker, players get dealt with five private cards and five community cards. In 5-card Omaha the player has to utilize the exact number of three community cards and two hole cards. 

So now that we discussed card rules, let's look at how to play them. 

Poker rules include poker hand rankings since it's the most significant part of poker. Here they are as follows: 

1. Royal Flush
2. Straight Flush 
3. Four of a kind
4. Full House
5. Flush
6. Straight
7. Three of a kind
8. Two pair
9. One pair
10. High card  

These are the possible actions with cards you need to keep in mind: 

• Check - This action means you refuse to bet and pass the opportunity to the next person. 
• Fold - This means you choose to sit the round out. 
• Raise - To raise means to increase the bet. 
• Call - You can call one of your opponents and match the highest pair of cards.
• Bet - As you must've guessed you place a bet. 

Next thing you need to know if you're learning poker rules. 

1. Blinds - The Big and Small Blinds bet 
2. Pre-flop - Players get hole cards. 
3. Flop - The dealer gives three community cards
4. Turn - You get the fourth community card.
5. River – You accept the last community cards. 
6. Showdown - The players in the game have a showdown. 

Here are two tips to remember: 

• Bluff - bluff your opponents into thinking you have the best hand and making them fold.
• The most substantial hand at the table = having the highest-ranking hand.