Tue, 04/19/2011 – 03:25 – PokerPages Staff

There are three main types of poker played commonly in casinos.  Our guide will briefly outline the poker rules. 

The oldest form of poker is draw poker- and it is still popular today.  This game involves a blind hand of cards being dealt to participants and bets being placed.  Players then view the cards and are allowed to exchange them after another round of poker betting.  This is called the ‘draw’ phase.  Five-card draw is the most common variant with one round of card changes and different rounds of betting allowed.  There are numerous other variants depending on the casino.

Also popular is stud poker. Seven-card stud is the most popular variant.  It involves seven cards with four face up and three with which to make the best hand.  There are normally a few rounds of poker bets involved with stud poker, and the combination of other players knowing most of their opposition’s hands leads to some tense games.

The most popular form of poker is community card poker.  Texas Hold‘em is a type of community card poker.  This game features five community cards being revealed throughout the game.  Each player has two cards with which to make the best hand out of a group of five card.  Community card poker leads to diverse and complex strategies.  This is one of the reasons why the game is so popular throughout the world.  The majority of poker tournaments play variants of Texas Hold‘em.

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