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The Basics of Hold 'em poker
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This website is dedicated to my mother, "Honeypot", who introduced me to the game. First of all, you should get yourself a
good cup of coffee
before sitting down to read this site. (And always have one when sitting
down to play, because it is NO GOOD to play when tired! Avoid
alcohol when playing for money too!) You tend to fold less, bet
more, and lose more. ;0) Here
is a quick rule to keep in mind: "Fold'em Poker". Patience
pays off!
Texas Hold'Em is a very easy game to learn, difficult to master. It can be played with 2-10 players, at a single table. Betting begins with the two players left of the dealer (or Dealer button) who place an initial bet called the Blind.
The Blind amount varies on the stakes of the game.
The first person puts half a blind to begin with, and is the first
person to act after the flop.
Each player is dealt two (Pocket) cards (Kept hidden from the other players),
In the first round of betting before the flop, the person to the left of the
Big Blind (Third person from the dealers' left) is the first to act. (Call
the blind, Fold, or Raise the bet.) Once the betting has gone around to the
Big Blind, there are three
upturned "community" cards dealt on the table. This is known as the
"flop". Players bet, check, raise, or fold their hand, depending on
what they have or think the other players have. After all players
have their turn, another community card is dealt up on the table.
This is the "Turn" card. Another round of betting, checking,
raising, and folding, and the "River" card is dealt up on the table.
This is the fifth and final card. If all but one player folds their
hand before this, the remaining player wins the pot. If there are
two or more players remaining after the final round, there is a
"Showdown", where the players show their cards, and the best hand
wins.
A hand consists of the two "pocket" cards a
player holds, and the three best community cards. If the 5 community
cards equal a 5 card hand (i.e., Straight or Flush), then all
players share that hand, and the player holding the highest cards
will win. (Player 1 holds "pocket aces" - *A pair of aces* and
Player 2 holds AK, with a Straight on the board, Player 1 will win
the hand.) - This is known as "Playing the board".
Let me sum up how to become a winning poker
player... Patience. Position. Hand Selection. Play the Players. Know when to
fold them. Ask yourself if your kicker is good enough, before calling the
blind.
As a side note... I notice people have been
searching for Nick Schulman's girlfriend Yelana. Here she is... (Outside
link)
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Have
you ever seen the movie
Rounders?
Rounders is brilliant
Reviewer: Can Erzi
Let's put this first:
Rounders is a movie about poker.. But it doesn't mean that those
who are not into this game, won't understand it or like it...
Mike (Damon) is a young law student who is also a master poker
player.. When he loses all of his savings in a game against the
poker expert Russian KGB (Malkovich), he thinks he has played
his final hand and promises his girlfriend that he will never
sit on a game again. Then his long time friend "Worm" (Edward
Norton) gets out of prison and Worm is in big trouble with many
guys waiting for his release, because he owes a serious amount
to them and the creditors' list goes all the way up to KGB..
From then on, t's the dilemma of Mike between his promise to his
girlfriend, his education as a law student vs. his loyalty to
his friend and his great passion for the game of poker.
I should begin by saying that all of the actors involved (maybe
except Gretchen Mol who plays Mike's girlfriend) did a wonderful
job. Matt Damon is great as the young poker whiz, we can really
feel the state of mind he is in during the whole movie, and is
also the narrator. His narration is the best bit of the movie in
my opinion. Although it seems that it is always about poker,
from the first moment you sense that poker is chosen as a
metaphor to tell us about life and how we approach it.
The script is brilliantly written. Although I didn't know a
thing about poker (and especially about Texas Hold'em), there
hasn't been a thing I missed thanks to the narration of Mike and
the perfection of the storytelling.
Many people have criticized Malkovich's portrayal of the Russian
card shark but I think that the final re-match between him and
Mike was one of the funniest parts among all the movies I have
seen. And Edward Norton should also be mentioned because I think
he does a great job as the Worm. He made me hate him for all the
problems he put Mike in, and that is the sign of an actor doing
his job at best.
The DVD lacks extras and that is my biggest complaint.. The
deleted scenes I have seen from the trailer should have been
added.
This is not a blockbuster and it doesn't have any action scenes.
It's all about poker, but poker is about life in Rounders. I
strongly recommend it even if you don't know anything about this
card game.
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