Learning How to play Texas Hold'em Poker Part 5
This was published 11-06-2010Welcome to Learning How to play Texas Hold’em Poker Part 5, the fifth part of our series of blogs on how to learn Texas Hold’em. To take full advantage of these articles, it’s recommended that you read them in sequence.
Although it’s relatively simple to learn Texas Hold’em, it can take months or years to truly feel that you have become a good player. One of the most important aspects of Texas Hold’em poker is moves to make during the preflop stage, which is what we will be discussing in this blog.
During the preflop stage, once you have made your move, the player to the left of you gets a turn. Every player gets the same options when its their turn, they can either fold, call the bet of the player on their right, or raise.
When you decide to raise, it will be the cost of the previous bet plus the amount of one bet. I.e. if the big blind amount is a quarter, and you decide to raise, you will have to bet an extra quarter which brings your betting amount up to 50¢.
The betting round comes to an end when all the poker players have had a turn, and all the players who are still in the game has bet the same amount of money for this round.
An example of a betting round
Let’s say there are 5 players at the table:
Player 1 is the Button position
Player 2 is the Small blind (and bets 10¢)
Player 3 – is the Big blind (and bets 25¢)
The betting round starts
Player 4 – decides to call the big blind (bets 25¢)
Player 5 – decides to fold
Player 1 – decides to call the big blind (bets 25¢)
Player 2 – decides to call the big blind (they have already bet 10¢, and add another 15¢ = 25¢
Player 3 – decide to checks (they have already matched the bet and do not need to bet extra money)
Once the blinds are out, the game will then move on to the dealing of the first hand, which we will discuss in the next section.
To be continued in Learning How to play Texas Hold’em Poker Part 6, which will be published on this site next week.
