Beginners Poker can be daunting for people new to the game

Texas Hold’em is by far the most popular form of poker played worldwide, but the rules are complex for beginners

Everyone at some point in their life has attempted to play poker, particularly Texas Hold’em with friends or strangers. The problem is though it takes a while to get used to the rules and general play of the game, particularly the combination of cards needed to get ahead in a game. Luckily there are a number of resources online that helped me understand the rules of Texas Hold’em. In this post I will begin to look at the basics and some of the rules. I will then go into more details in later posts as there is a lot to cover!

To win the game, you basically need the best combination of five cards. To know how to win, it’s essential that you know the hand rankings.

A deck of cards usually contains 52 cards and 4 suits.

These are hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades

Ace is always the high card in poker. The suits have no rankings as they are all equal.

In the next post I will go more into rankings!