How to Play Poker for Online Casino Beginners

We’ll teach you how to play the most popular Poker variant, texas hold’em. It’s usually the version played in Traditional Casinos and Online Casinos.

3 Easy Steps on How To Play Texas Hold’em Poker Online:

1. Each Player at the table is given or dealt 2 cards face down.

These 2 cards are called Hole Cards.

Remember that poker online have lot of terms, like Hole Cards, Community Cards, Poker Hand and Pot. Good thing, we have an online Poker Dictionary for all the gaming terms down below!

2. Dealer will deal the 5 Community Cards face up in the center of the table.

COMMUNITY CARDS – 5 cards that are shared by all players

The goal is to make the best Poker hand using all the cards available to the players: this includes both the Community Cards and their 2 Hole Cards!

HAND – a Set of 5 Cards

They can choose to use their 2 hole cards, or just 1 or none to make the best Poker hand combination using the Community Cards.

3. Player to Dealer’s Left can either Bet or Check

BET– wager an amount

CHECK – basically do nothing

How to Know Whether to Bet or Check: 

Based on your cards, see if it’s worth to bet or check

4. If Any of the Players Decide to Bet, the Other Players can Call, Fold, or Raise

CALL – make a bet of the same amount as the one raised into the Pot (the place where all the money goes to)

FOLD – player accepts defeat and gives up their cards and all the chips/bet/money they already put into the Pot

RAISE – make an even higher bet

5. This goes on until all Players have Either Called or All Poker Chips are in the Middle of the Table

There are also Betting Rounds for every game of Texas Hold’em. They’re called:

The Flop – after 1st round of betting is complete, dealer gives 3 cards face up

The Turn – after 2nd round of betting, dealer puts 4th community card face up

The River – after 3rd Round of betting, 5th and final community card is dealt face up

6. Player with the Best Hand wins the Pot! (all the money/chips!)

If more than 1 player is still left after the final betting round, all cards are shown and the player with the best Poker Hand wins the whole pot!

So now you’re probably thinking, how do you make the “Best Hand”?

Other Texas Hold’em Terms:

BLINDS – bet amount that 2 players on the direct left of the dealer (Small Blind & Big Blind) are forced to put in the pot before every round starts.

Why are they called “Blinds”?

Because they’re forced to make a bet without even seeing what their cards are in the first place.