Friday, December 23, 2005
The Complete Proceedings in Texas Holdem
Now that we have discussed the basic poker proceedings, dealer chip and the betting process we can look at the complete proceedings in a round of Texas Holdem:
- Blinds posted.
- Cards dealt.
- Round of betting. Action starts from the left of the big blind.
- Flop, i.e. the first 3 community cards are dealt.
- Round of betting. Aciton starts from the left of the dealer.
- The Turn/4th street dealt.
- Round of betting. Action starts from the left of the dealer.
- The River/5th street dealt.
- Last and final round of betting. Action starts from the left of the dealer.
- Hands revealed from the left of the dealer. This only applies to the players still playing (haven't folded). The player to the left of the dealer HAS to show his cards but the rest do not unless they have a better hand. They can just simply throw it away, which is called "muck". For example using the 6 player table as discussed before, if the dealer chip is on player A and player B & C are the only 2 players left at the end of the game, player B has to show their hand. Lets say that it's a pair of jacks. If player C has a pair of tens he can decide not to show his cards and much his hand. On the other hand if he has a better hand than B, for example 3 of a kind tens, he must show his cards to prove that he has the most powerful hand.
- Pot collected by the winner.
- Dealer chip moved.
- Cards collected, shuffled and then process starts again.
# posted by H.Hashi : (Darkhodge on DP) @ 12:54 PM 
