Below please find our guide for beginners on how to play Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, and Seven-Card Stud. These games are considered the four most popular forms of poker today. You will also find a guide explaining how to play all of these games Pot-Limit and No-Limit style.

The following pages illustrate the betting procedures, the order of action, when the hand starts and ends, and much more. You will also learn many common poker terms such as blinds, button, position, all-in, fold, raise, check, bet, call, etc.

Poker Hand Rankings - What beats what?

Almost every style of poker uses a standard single 52 card deck, although the majority of games remove the jokers from play.

The hand rankings for Texas No Limit Holdem and all other card games is as follows:

Royal Flush > Straight Flush > Four of a kind > Full House > Flush > Straight > Three of a kind > Two Pair > One Pair > High Card

List Of Common Poker Games

Texas Hold'em Poker Rules - This is generally what you see on TV, WSOP, ESPN World Series of Poker type stuff. It is the most commonly spread poker game in both live and online poker rooms..

Omaha High Poker Rules - Second most popular Poker Game. Many of the highest stakes online games are currently being played Omaha High, also generally referred to as PLO. The game is usually played either Pot-Limit, or with a set cap (100k, etc).

Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or Better) Rules - Another Omaha type that is very popular Poker Game. This game plays under the same rules as PLO Hi except half the pot goes to the 'low' which is the lowest hand containing five cards 8 or lower, no pairs.

Seven/7 card stud Poker Rules - Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country.

Five/5 card stud Poker Rules - This is earliest form of the card game, stud poker, originating during the American Civil War, but is less commonly played today than many other more popular poker games - clear from its absence from the World Series of Poker.

Crazy Pineapple Poker Rules - Tired of plain old Texas Hold'em? Try this variation to the game, Pineapple Poker, or "Crazy Pineapple." Pineapple poker is almost identical to Hold'em so first make sure you know the rules to Texas Hold'em, because this game starts out different... but ends up the same.

Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Poker Rules - Continuing with the trend of games to call at a home poker game that 1) are played for low and 2) will confuse your fellow players, why don't you try out Deuce-to-seven Triple Draw? It's like five-card draw, only with much more action and much, much more pain.

Kill Game Poker Rules - Sometimes a fixed-limit game is played as a kill game. Such a game is played with an additional blind, called the kill blind. The kill blind can be posted from any position at the table.

Heads-up Poker Rules - Heads up poker is a variation of poker for players who crave fast, intense action.

Strip Poker Party - If you like poker and you enjoy getting naked, this is probably the game for you and your party.

Razz Poker Strategy- Most pro's hate this game, claiming it involves too much luck. It should be perfect for a knuclehead like you.