What is Online Poker?
Online Poker is a card game played with a single deck of cards with 52 cards in each deck. All the players have to start with some initial small bets that are collected in the pot. The whole amount is called the boot amount.
These small bets are referred to as Blind bets; that means players are forced to place the bets without looking on cards. There are two types of blind bets:
- Big Blind: The bet amount is equal to the minimum bet value of a poker table.
- Small Blind: The bet amount is half of the minimum bet value of a poker table.
If you are playing Texas Hold’em, the first two players to the left of the dealer are forced to place small blind and big blind bets respectively.
The first round of betting is called the pre-flop phase. The boot amount keeps on increasing after every round in a single session of poker.
Players don’t need to play each hand in online poker. According to Texas Hold’em Rules, players can take a ‘sit out’ option while being in the game.
Each poker player along with a dealer plays poker games with an aim to form a better hand value to win the game.
Remember, only a single player can win the pot of money in the end.
What’s the aim of the game?
The goal is to create a better hand value than the rest of the players in the game. It’s not necessary to get the royal flush combination every time.
What is a good hand in online poker?
The hands with cards like pairs of aces, kings, queens and jack or cards in sequence like 8,9, 10 or king. queen, Jack is referred to as good hand values.
