Poker Games
Texas Holdem (affectionately known as Hold’em or Holdem) is without question, the most popular poker game in the world today. There are 3 major variants of Texas Holdem, that are basically differentiated by limits on betting:
- Limit Texas Holdem – In this game, there is a specified betting limit in each game and in each round of betting.
- Pot Limit Texas Hold’em – In this game, a player can bet the amount in the pot.
- No Limit Texas Hold’em – In this game, a player can bet all of his money (i.e., there is no limit), at any given time.
Omaha Hi Poker is a community card-based game. Each player is dealt 4 cards face-down (hole cards), subsequently followed by 5 community cards dealt face-up. The 5 community cards are used by every active player. The objective of Omaha Hi is to produce the best 5 card hand using exactly 2 Hole cards and 3 community cards. Omaha Hi is similar to Texas Hold’em with 2 exceptions: 1) each player is dealt 4 hole cards instead of 2; and 2) each player makes their final hand from2 of the 4 hole cards and 3 of the 5 community cards.
7 Card Stud Poker is very different from either Omaha or Texas Hold’em. In these games, each player gets dealt a hand, and if a player doesn’t like the hand he’s been dealt, he places these cards in the discard pile. Resultingly, each player remaining in the hand keeps track of discarded cards so they can better realistically estimate their chances of winning, and be able to calculate opponents’ odds.