How to play poker?

We had one of the strangest questions  the other day which was “how do you play poker?”. It had actually never occurred to us that somebody did not know how to play poker but when you think about it why should they if they have never wanted to play casino games before? We thought we would try a quick explanation of Texas Hold’em which is the most popular form of poker in casino games and it went something like this:- The idea of the game is to make a better hand of 5 cards than the other players using two cards you have been dealt and five other cards that are face up in the middle of the table. The game starts when you and all the other players at the table are dealt two cards face down, you then have the chance to bet or to throw your cards away depending on whether you think you can make a winning hand with five other cards that you have not yet seen. When all the players who have not thrown their cards away have bet the same amount of money, three more cards are dealt but this time the cards are dealt into the middle of the table face up and can be used by all the players. Then once more you have the chance to bet or throw your cards away. As before when all players remaining have placed the same amount of money into the pot a fourth card is dealt and the process is repeated and a fifth card is dealt into the middle. After the fifth card is dealt there is another round of betting and the winner is either the player with the best hand if all players have bet the same amount or the only player who has not thrown his cards away. Just because you have or could have had the best hand does not mean you will win. With that kind of answer we concluded that to try to simplify poker is quite impossible so if you really want to know how to play Texas Hold’em go to our casino game rules section.