Never show anyone your hand after you have already folded. If you attempt to do this in a casino your first action will stand and be treated as a call. We don't do as some movies depict “I call your bet, and raise you another 20. If our intention is to raise our opponent we say “raise” and put that amount in the pot in one smooth motion. Not a huge issue for online players since this is automated. Taking a long time on the river when we are closing the action is consider bad etiquette and will make you unpopular at the tables. Taking a long time on earlier streets with a strong holdings is a good deceptive tactic. This is the practice of taking a long time to call on the river when we clearly have the best hand. This means that as the pot grows our bet-sizing will increase. Rather than thinking of our bets in terms of chips or their monetary value, focus on betting a certain percentage of the pot. We should play more hands from BTN and less hands from UTG. We should generally be playing the top 25% of hands only. Be selective with your starting hands.For those skilled enough, NLHE can be a lucrative source of income, whether done as a hobby or as a profession. The outcome of any given hand has more to do with luck than skill, but over the course of thousands of hands, the best players have a tendency to show profit. While good players go on losing stretches they will always come out on top again if they are skilled enough. It's also important to remember that NLHE is only partly a game of luck. Two-Pair – 2 cards of the same value along with 2 other cards of the same value. Commonly referred to as “trips” when made with one hole-card and a “set” when made with both hole-cards as in the case of holding a “pocket-pair” such as KK. Since all hands are 5 card hands the other two cards are referred to as “kickers”. Three-of-a-Kind – Three cards of the same value, for example KKK, or QQQ. For example 7,8,9,T,J but not all of the same suit. Straight – Any 5 cards in ascending order. Usually referred to as “Quads”įull-House – 3 cards of the same value along with 2 cards of the same value. For example 7,8,9,T,J all of hearts.įour-of-a-Kind – 4 cards of the same value. Straight Flush – 5 cards in a row, all of the same suit. This is the strongest hand in NLHE and is made quite rarely as a result. Royal Flush – T, J, Q, K, A all of the same suit.

Texas hold em poker rules list