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 Texas Hold'em
 Briefly
Each player receives two pocket cards, while five community cards are dealt face-up on the table. The strength of a player's hand is the best five-card hand that can be made with these seven cards. There are four rounds of betting: after the pocket cards are dealt, after the first three community cards (the flop), after the fourth, or turn card, and after the final, or river card.
The "button" is used to indicate the dealer. After each hand it moves one place to the left. Before any cards are dealt, the first player to the left of the the button (the dealer) the "small blind". The player to his left posts the "big blind".
The Blinds In a $2/$4 game, the "small blind" is $1, and the "big blind" is $2. Blind bets are live, real money bets, and when the betting comes round to them, they have the option of folding, checking, calling or raising. Beginning with the small blind, each player receives two cards face down, one at a time, in a clockwise direction.
First to act The player to the left of the "big blind" is first to act. The value of the Big Blind is the current bet. He must either fold. bet the minimum amount which is the amount of the Big Blind, or raise. If he has raised, then the amount of the current bet has changed. i.e. If the big Blind was $4 and the raise was $6, then the current bet becomes $10.
The next player must either fold, call the current bet, or raise the current bet. This continues round the table until all players have bet the same amount of money. There can be 1 bet and 3 raises maximum in each round of Texas Hold'em betting.
The Flop After all bets are equal, 3 cards are turned face up in the center of the table. This is called the flop. There now follows a round of betting, starting with the player to the left of the dealer who can check or bet. The next player must either fold, call the current bet, or raise the current bet. Play continues round he table.
The Turn ( or 4th street) After betting after the flop is equal, the fourth community card, the turn, is turned face up in the center of the table. This is followed by another round of betting.
The River After betting 4th street is complete, the fifth and final community card, the "river", is turned face up.
A final round of betting now follows. Once betting is finished the players show their best five card hand, made from their 2 hole cards and the 5 communal cards. The first person to show their cards is the last person to bet or raise.
The best hand wins the pot. 
When a player first sits in at a table, they will be required to post the equivalent of the big blind. All players have the option of sitting out and waiting until it is actually their turn to be the big blind before they play. This rule ensures fairness to all the other players. It prevents players from hopping in and out of the games, and leaving before it is their turn to post the big blind.
In Limit Texas Hold'em poker, the lower limit is used for the first 2 rounds of betting, and the higher limit for the second 2 rounds.
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