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Texas Holdem - Basics of a Great Card Game
By Chelsea Aubin
With the help of television the poker Texas Hold'em has found it's way into the living rooms and onto the tables of amateur poker players everywhere. The result is an explosion of curiosity and interest into how this is actually played.

There are two types of poker players. The one's you usually see on ESPN and other television shows are called no-limit players. The other kind is called the low-limit, and that is amateurs.

Most low-limit Texas Hold'em games have a betting structure of $2/4, $3/6, or $4/8. These kinds of Texas Hold'em betting structures can be found mostly in online rooms.

So, the basics of Texas hold'em are that you are given 2 cards initially. These are called pocket cards. These players will match the cards with the five community cards which are dealt later in the game. You will match your pocket cards to the five community cards to make the best poker hand possible. The one with the best hand wins.

Suppose we use the Texas Hold'em betting structure of $2/4 where you have a limit of $2 for each of the first 2 rounds. At the last 2 rounds, your bet limit increases to $4. Your raise or your bet depends on the limit set for that round.

The starts with two "blind" bets. The player to the left of the dealer posts a small bet which is half of the bet that was set before the start of the game. The player next will the place the bigger blind bet that is equal to the minimum bet. The third player to the left of the dealer will start the first