This option is only open to a player if nobody has bet or raised yet. Check: the player continues to play his cards without betting.Whenever it's a player's turn, he or she can choose from the following actions:

Every player receives one card at a time (two rounds of dealing).

Dealing of the cardsĪfter the blinds have been paid, every player is dealt two cards face down starting with the person directly left from the dealer (small blind) going clockwise. In cash games, the blinds determine the stakes of the game. In tournaments the blinds can go up following a pre-determined blind-schedule in which the size of the blinds and the duration of each level (usually a certain amount of time or number of hands) are stated. In cash games the blinds are pre-determined and stay the same throughout the game. The player directly left from the small blind pays the big blind, which usually is twice the small blind. The player directly left to the button pays the small blind. BlindsĮvery hand the two players directly left to the dealer have to make a forced bet before the cards are dealt.

If the players do not actually deal themselves or if one player does all the dealing, than the dealer button (function of dealer) keeps being assigned to one of the players as explained. Every next hand the dealer button is moved 1 player clockwise. For similar cards the suits are ranked from lowest to highest as clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades. The ranking of the cards from lowest to highest is 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A. The person with the highest card receives the button. When starting a new game, every player is dealt one card face up. Dealer buttonĮvery hand one player receives the dealer button, which means as much as that this player is assigned the function of dealer. Players can bring additional chips to the table (re-load) in between hands but not during a hand. The small blind often determines the smallest chip denomination. The game plays best with enough chips of different denominations so that players can bet any amount they want (until all-in, all chips from a player's stack are in the pot). A standard buy-in amount is 100 big blinds. Often there will be no maximum buy in amount. In no limit hold'em cash games the minimum and maximum buy-in amount are decided by the house (casino, online poker room, home game host).

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