Texas Hold'em

Texas Hold'em is far and away the most popular version of poker being played today. Texas Hold'em is the game of choice these days, whether it's at the casino, on-line, a home game or the popular bar tournaments. It is a community card game where each player is dealt two cards. It is a traditional form of poker that uses a standard deck of 52 playing cards and regular poker hands (pair, full house, etc). Texas Hold'em is usually played with 2 to 10 players.

Texas Hold'em is also considered a "community card" game, meaning that some cards are dealt face-up in the middle of the table and shared by all the players. This game is one of the most wide spread games among gamblers all over the world, who play it either for real money or for free. Texas Hold'em is played with standard 52-card deck and it does not use jokers or any other wild cards. It is a simple game to learn: You can begin playing five minutes after someone has explained the game to you.

Texas Hold'em is said to "take a minute to learn, but a lifetime to master," which sums it up pretty well. Hold'em is an easy game to learn, but to become a great player takes a lot of practice and much patience. Hold'em poker is a deceptively simple game to learn but it takes study and concentration to master it. Therefore it is a good game for both the beginner and the more experienced poker player. An interesting fact about Hold'em poker is that it was first played at the Golden Nugget Casino in Downtown Las Vegas in 1967.

The Texas hold 'em pot is won either at the showdown by forming the best five card poker hand out of the seven cards available, or by betting to cause other players to fold and abandon their claim to the pot. Texas Hold'em involves a fair amount of skill in the betting and bluffing arena as well as the reading of other players. Texas Hold'em seems to be becoming next great American past time, and is catching on like wildfire around the globe.