Texas Holdem is the most popular form of poker. Texas Holdem is played with 2 to 10 players at one table. It requires a deck of 52 cards and a set of poker chips (to play for value). It is played exactly live and on online casino and poker websites.

One of the players deals one card face down to each player (including himself) starting from the player to his immediate left in a clock-wise motion. This player is called the "dealer" and he repeats the same deal a second time such that each player will have two face down cards.

Then the first player to the left of the dealer (known as small blind) starts the betting action and each player afterwards will follow. Player choose their betting course of action based on how good their two cards (known as hole cards) are.

• Calling: Putting as much money as the highest previous bettor in the pool of money that the winner of the hand will win (also know as pot).
• Raising: Increasing the previous highest amount of bet.
• Folding: Choosing not to call the highest previous bet and forfeiting the cards.

The betting and calling action will continue until every player has the same amount of money in front of him.

Then the dealer puts the top card on the deck away facedown (burns a card); this is to prevent cheating. Then he deals the next three cards on the deck face up in the middle of the table. The cards dealt face up on the table are called community cards and every player can use them alongside their two hole cards to form the best combincation of cards at the end of the hand.

After the three community cards are dealt, there will be a round of betting similar to the one before the flop. As we go through more betting rounds, usually more players fold and the number of remaining players becomes smaller.

After the round of betting, the dealer burns a card and deals a fourth card face up. A third round of betting action will take place.

The dealer burns another card and deals the final community card face up. A final round of betting will happen. Once all the bets are settled, the remaining players show their two hole cards to determine who actually wins the hand.

A hand of texas holdem is a 5 card combiation. Players can use their two hole cards and the 5 community cards to form the best 5 card combination to be used to determine the winner. A player can use two of his cards and 3 community cards, one of his cards and 4 community cards, or 5 community cards to form the best 5 card combination.

To understand the winning hands in texas holdem refer to poker hand rankings page.

Online Texas Holdem is the most popular poker variation in the world at the moment. Texas holdem rules are explained in more detail in the poker rules section.