How to Play Texas Hold'em Poker

Texas Hold'em Poker is the most popular card game in the world, and no wonder. It is an exciting casino game that requires skill and discipline — as well as some luck — to come out ahead. The online casino version of Texas Hold'em at All Slots — known as Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker Gold — offers a special bonus bet on the side to make the game even more exciting.

Texas Hold'em Poker is a community-card poker game. That means you have two hole cards (also known as pocket cards), the dealer has two hole cards, and there are five community cards that belong to both of you.

You may use any five of the seven available cards (your two hole cards and the five community cards) to create the best possible poker hand and try to beat the dealer.

In addition, the Bonus bet awards bonus payouts based solely on the value of your two hole cards, without regard to beating the dealer.

As in most online poker games, you have no control over the deal of the cards, but you do have control over your betting behavior. A good Texas Hold'em strategy will help you keep your losing bets small and your winning bets big so you can come out ahead over the long run of your online casino gambling.

A game of online Texas Hold'em Poker proceeds through four betting rounds. After each bet, more community cards are revealed, giving you a better sense of how strong your final poker hand is likely to be. Here's how it works.

The Ante

You start your online Texas Hold'em game by placing an Ante bet, also known as the Blind bet. You do this by selecting your coin size and then clicking on the Ante circle on the virtual poker table.

After you have placed your Ante bet, you click the Deal button. You will receive your two hole cards face up, and the dealer will receive his two hole cards face down.

The Flop

After examining your hole cards, you must choose to Raise or to Fold. If you Fold, the game is over and you lose your Ante bet. If you raise, a second bet — called the Flop and equal to twice the amount of your Ante — is automatically placed in the Flop circle on the virtual poker table. The first three community cards are then dealt, face up, to the center of the table.

The Turn

After examining the three Flop cards, you have another choice to make: Call or Check. If you Call, a third bet — called the Turn and equal to your Ante bet — is placed on the table. If you Check, no additional bet is placed, but you are still alive and your Ante and Flop bets remain on the table. The poker game continues and a fourth community card is dealt to the center.

The River

Now that you have seen four community cards, you are again given a choice of Call or Check. If you Call, an additional bet — called the River and equal to your Ante bet — is placed on the table. If you Check, your bet level remains as it was and you are still in the game. The fifth and final community card is then dealt out.

The Decision

After the final community card has been dealt, the dealer turns over his hole cards, the hands are compared, and a winner is declared.

After all the cards have been revealed, the computer automatically determines the best five-card combination for both you and the dealer. A winner is declared according to the traditional rankings of poker hands, and the winning poker hand lights up on the virtual poker table.

When you win at Texas Hold'em online, you receive a 1-to-1 payout on your Flop, Turn, and River bets. If you win with a straight or better, you also receive a 1-to-1 payout on your Ante bet; otherwise, the Ante bet is a "push" and is returned to you.

When you play Texas Hold'em online, you can also win real money jackpots on the Bonus bet. The Bonus bet is made at the beginning of the game, after the Ante has been placed and before any cards are dealt, and can be bigger, smaller, or the same as the Ante bet.

The Bonus bet is determined solely by the strength of your two hole cards. It has nothing to do with beating the dealer. Bonus jackpots are awarded if your hole cards form a pair or a high-card combination.

The Bonus jackpots for pairs are:

• 2s through 10s: 3 to 1
• Jacks, Queens, or Kings: 10 to 1
• Aces: 30 to 1
• Aces, when the dealer also has a pair of Aces: 1,000 to 1

The Bonus jackpots for high-card combinations are:

• Ace/Jack or Ace/Queen of different suits: 5 to 1
• Ace/King of different suits: 15 to 1
• Ace/Jack or Ace/Queen of the same suit: 20 to 1
• Ace/King of the same suit: 25 to 1

When you play Texas Hold'em online, especially if you're gambling online for real money, you have to be always thinking. You know you're not going to win every hand, but if you can Fold or Check when your hand looks weak, and Raise or Call when your hand looks strong, you can minimize your losses and maximize your winnings. Then, if you can also collect some nice bonus payouts on the side bet, you can come out ahead after a day or night of playing online Texas Hold'em Poker.

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