Hi, my name's Lee from Gambling.com
and today we're going to run through the
most popular online poker games
and we'll explain the basic systems of play
for each of them
First is Texas Hold'em
When it comes to popularity,
Texas Hold'em is without a doubt the king of poker variants
At the beginning of a game of Texas Hold'em
each player is dealt 2 cards face down
After this, a round of betting known as the flop takes place
in which 3 community cards are dealt
face-up in the middle of the table
When the 3 community cards are dealt
another round of betting takes place
before the 4th card is dealt, known as the turn
After the turn, the penultimate betting round happens
before the final fifth card is dealt, known as the river
When the river is dealt the final round of betting occurs
If two players make it to the river they must expose their hole cards,
with the best 5 card hand taking the pot
Now there's Omaha
The only difference between Omaha
and Texas Hold'em poker
is that you're dealt 4 hole cards instead of 2
The game is otherwise more or less the same
There are betting rounds before the flop,
on the flop, turn and river
apart from one key difference
You have to use 2 of your hole cards
to complete a ranked 5 card hand
For example, if there were 4 diamonds on the board
and you only had one diamond in the two cards in your hand
you wouldn't have a flush in Omaha
In Stud poker, either 5 or 7 card
you're dealt three starting cards,
two of which will be face down
while the other is face up
Instead of having forced antes or blinds
that move around the table in a clockwise fashion
a round of Stud is initiated by "the bring in"
This bet is a fraction of the main bet
and is required of the player with the lowest value face-up card
As an alternative to community cards
Stud players are dealt individual cards face-up
the final card is dealt face down
Now unlike Texas Hold'em or Omaha,
Draw poker doesn't involve any community cards
and the action takes place before and after the draw
Each player starts off with 5 hole cards
and if they like their hand, they must either call,
match the size of the blind, or raise
If they don't like their hand they can fold
unless they're in the blind
and after this round the game moves on to the draw
where players can replace any of the cards in their hand
by drawing new cards from the deck
At this point, everyone left in the hand
has the option of folding, calling or raising
before a showdown takes place
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