The Poker Flop
After the first betting round, the dealer burns the top card, removes it from play, and turns the next three cards face up on the board. This is the flop. There is a round of betting with a small bet and three raise limit. Players may check, not bet, and pass play on to the next player until someone bets. However, once a bet is made, the player must either call the bet or raise, or he must fold and go out of play. Checking is no longer possible once a bet is made. This is true on this and all future rounds. Some casinos have a four raise or even a five raise limit, so it is wise to ask before you start playing.
The Turn
There is another burn and a fourth card, called the turn card is placed face up on the table. A round of betting follows, only this time you can bet from $1 to $8 in a $l-$4-$8-$8 game, or the higher tier in a structured game. For example in a $3-$6 game you now must bet or raise in $6 increments.
The River
A fifth, and final card called the river or end is turned face up on the table. There is a final round of betting according to the same betting guidelines as on the turn.
The Showdown
After all the action is complete, there is a showdown. All the active players who want to claim the pot then show their hands. Using the pocket cards and the five cards on the board, each player (with the dealer) then determines what the best poker hand is. High hand wins.
The dealer button then moves one player to the left marking the new dealer's position, and the blinds are posted by two new players.
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Poker – Small Blind And Big Blind
The Blinds are used to force action from the first two players to the left of the dealer by having them put money into the pot before the cards are dealt. The big blind is always the same as the small bet and the small blind is one-half of the big blind. For example in a $2-$4 game, the player to the immediate left of the dealer puts $1 into the pot, called the small blind. The player to the left of the small blind puts $2 into the pot, called the large, or big blind. (The one exception to this blind structure is when the game is short handed, and then there is only the big blind. This will be covered in detail in a later chapter.)
Due to the fact that there are two blinds, there is no ante in Texas Hold'em as there is in stud and draw poker.
Play of the Game Initial Two Cards
Each player is dealt two cards face down. These cards are called the pocket cards. Do not show these cards to any other player since this constitutes your entire private hand.
Starting with the player to the immediate left of the big blind, and moving clockwise, each player has the option of either folding, (mucking your hand), calling, (keeping your hand and putting the correct amount of money in the pot) or raising, increasing the bet by an amount of at least as much as the previous bet.
If no one has raised by the time the action comes back to the small blind, he can either fold, call the remainder of the big blind bet, or raise at least the amount of the big blind. For example, in a $l-$4-$8-$8 game, a raise of $1 is not allowed because all raises in poker must be for at least the amount of the previous bet. In a structured game ($3-$6, $5-$10) the raise must be the small-tiered amount. Since the blinds had to put their money in the pot before they saw their hands, they have the option of raising themselves.
If no one has raised by the time the action gets back to the big blind, he then has an option to raise. The dealer will ask him, "Option"? and the big blind has to answer with either, "Check," ("I bet nothing") or "I raise". The raise is the same as the lower tier bet.
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