The Texas Hold Em poker game is the most popular version of poker today at poker game tables and online. Both tournaments and poker websites focus on this poker version due to its massive popularity. People tend to prefer Texas Hold Em online poker and real money poker because each player is only given two cards, meaning that players' personal hands are more likely to be worthless, and thus betting and strategy are even more crucial to the game.
Basics of Texas Hold Em Poker Games
Texas Hold Em is a version of poker in which each player is dealt two cards to start. Each player wants to make the best five card poker hand between her or his dealt two-card hand and the five shared cards on the board.
To begin, the player to the left of the "dealer" button must make a "small blind" bet, according to the designated table blinds. The player to the left of the "small blind" makes a "big blind" bet, which is twice the amount of the small blind.