Texas Hold'em

Texas Hold'em is the most popular version of poker played today. When watching poker tournaments on television you are most likely watching a Texas Hold'em tournament being played out.

Part of the appeal of Texas Hold'em comes from its straightforward rules and gameplay. Texas Hold'em is extremely easy to pick up and understand; as evident by the amount of new poker players that are breaking into the game through this variation.

When playing Texas Hold'em table position can make or break a player. The player closest to the left of the dealer button will have a disadvantage as he will need to act before the rest of the table. The player at the end of the rotation will have the advantage for that round due to the fact that he or she will have seen the rest of the table act.

No Limit Texas Hold'em is a slight variation that does not have a maximum bet limit during the rounds of play. No Limit Hold'em will allow players with fantastic hands to raise their bids, as far as needed to try and bully competitors out of the round. It is clearly a game of higher stakes.

Texas Hold'em also holds the distinction of being the most popular poker game used to decide the finals of many poker tournaments such as the World Series of Poker.

For more of the game of Texas Hold'em poker, see our page on Poker Gameplay, which describes the actions in a typical Texas Hold'em game.