The rule of Texas Hold’em

🎲 Basic Idea

Texas Hold’em is a community-card poker game where players make the best 5-card hand using:

• their two private hole cards
• and five shared community cards on the table.

The goal is to win chips by either having the best hand at showdown or making everyone else fold.

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🧩 Step-by-Step Rules

1️⃣ Setup

• Each player is dealt 2 hole cards face down.
• There are blinds:
  • The player to the dealer’s left posts the small blind.
  • The next player posts the big blind (usually twice the small blind).

These are forced bets to get action started.

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2️⃣ Betting Rounds

There are 4 betting rounds:

🔷 Pre-Flop

• Everyone looks at their 2 hole cards.
• Starting with the player left of the big blind, players can:
  • Fold: give up their cards
  • Call: match the current bet
  • Raise: increase the bet
• Betting continues around the table.

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🔷 Flop

• The dealer places 3 community cards face up in the middle.
• Another round of betting starts with the player left of the dealer.

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🔷 Turn

• A 4th community card (the Turn) is dealt face up.
• Another round of betting.

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🔷 River

• The 5th and final community card (the River) is dealt face up.
• Final betting round.

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3️⃣ Showdown

• If more than one player remains after the final betting round, players reveal their hands.
• The best 5-card poker hand wins.
• If two players tie with the same hand, they split the pot.

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🃏 Hand Rankings (highest to lowest)

1. Royal Flush (A♥ K♥ Q♥ J♥ 10♥)
2. Straight Flush (5 cards in sequence, same suit)
3. Four of a Kind
4. Full House (3 of a kind + a pair)
5. Flush (5 cards, same suit)
6. Straight (5 cards in sequence, mixed suits)
7. Three of a Kind
8. Two Pair
9. One Pair
10. High Card

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🚨 Other Notes

• If everyone folds except one player, that player wins the pot — they don’t have to show their cards.
• The dealer position and blinds rotate clockwise after each hand.