How to learn to play poker?

Poker is the most popular card game. Professionals in this area believe that you can learn how to play in a few minutes, but you will have to perfect your skills for years. How to learn to play poker - you will learn from our article.

Currently, there is great diversitypoker games, but the base is "Texas Holdem" and "Omaha". Therefore, to begin with, read the rules of these games and apply your theoretical knowledge in practice.

How to learn to play "Texas Hold'em" - you learn from our article How to play poker. Also in this article you can see poker combinations.

And how to play in "Omaha" - we will tell further.

Learning to play "Omaha"

As in Texas Hold'em, the game starts with the blinds (mandatory bets).

• Players must determine the value of the mandatory bid;
• A dealer is a player who handles cards. The first two players to the left of the dealer bet: the first player puts the small blind, which is equal to half of the mandatory bet. The second player makes the big blind, and he is already equal to the full bet.

In contrast to the technique of the game "Texas Hold'em", in"Omaha" involved nine cards: four cards are dealt to each of the participants, and five cards are on the table for the general use of players (the so-called prikup).

• After the players got their cards onhands, the game goes clockwise: the remaining members make their bets. They can make a regular bet equal to the big blind, or they can increase it. If a player who starts the game after the big blind does not want to bet, he can say "check". This means that he passes the move to the next player. Also, poker players have the right to fold their cards and exit the game.

The round ends on the player who made the big blind. A participant can exit the game by folding cards, accepting a bet or raising it.

• Further on the table are laid out in the open three commoncards. This is followed by the second round of trading. Then put the fourth open card and again the betting round. And, finally, the fifth card and the last betting round.

During the game, players analyze their combinations of cards.

In order to make a combination - it is necessaryUse two cards from a personal deck and three from a draw. This difference from "Texas Hold'em" makes the game more exciting and allows you to make higher bets.

• At the end of the game, the participants' cards are opened,remaining in the game, and the winner is selected. The participant who has the highest combination takes the bank (general players' bets). If it happens that two players have the same combination, then they divide the bank in half.

If you are interested in how to increase your chances of winning, then read our next article. How to win at poker.