Learning How to play Texas Hold'em Poker Part 7
This was published 22-06-2010Welcome to Learning How to play Texas Hold’em Poker Part 7, the seventh 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.
The Flop
After the poker game’s pre-flop wagering round comes to an end, the flop is dealt. The top card in the deck of cards are placed on the table’s surface, and acts as the burn card. After that 3 cards are placed face up.
Once each player has his four cards, the 1st post-flop round of betting begins.
The post-flop round of betting is very similar to the pre-flop betting round but there are 2 exceptions here. The player who makes the first move is the next player, and this player can bet or check, as no bets have yet been made, and calling is therefore free.
If you want to place a bet on the flop, it will be the same amount as the big blind amount. In our example game, you would therefore have to bet a quarter in order to place a bet.
The Turn
At the end of the betting round on the flop, the dealer wil then deal one face down card and one face up card to each player, also called the burn and turn cards. After the burn and turn cards have been dealt, it signals the start of the third betting round.
This 3rd round of betting is exactly the same as the flop betting round, except that there is one single exception: more money is at stake. The size of this betting round and the last betting round, is doubled. If players in our example game want to stay in the game, they will have to bet 50¢ per round.
Don’t miss our next article in this series, where the example game gets really serious and interesting.
To be continued in Learning How to play Texas Hold’em Poker Part 8, which will be published on this site next week.
