Right now, probably partly in thanks to the many televised poker shows and celebrity games, Texas Hold ‘Em is one of the most well known poker variations.  That’s all well and good, it’s definitely a ton of fun to play once you learn the basics.  Fortunately, they are not hard to figure out at all.  This is actually a fairly easy game to learn.

There’s a reason this is probably the most popular variation of poker in the whole world. During the game, all of the players get two cards before the first voluntary round of betting. Eventually, five cards will be dealt, all of them face up. This is the flop, and all the players can use it. They use it to make up the best combination of five cards from their two cards and the five in the flop.

If that’s still confusing, check out this tutorial, found at PokerNews: