leave beginner holdem knowledge and lingo here.
Poker terminology
board: community cards that are shared between all the players in order to make the strongest hand
flop: first 3 cards of the board dealt
turn: 4th card dealt on the board
river: 5th and final card dealt on the board
showdown: when yours and your opponents cards are revealed to determine the winner
button: is the person who was always last to act after the flop
blinds: is an mandatory amount that has to be posted by 2 players to keep the players from just folding every hand for free.
small blind: always has to be the smaller or the same as the amount of the big blind
big blind: refer to above.
GAME VARIATIONS
the games texas holdem. there are 3 variations of the game
limit (you can only bet the size of the big blind)
pot limit (you can bet up to the size of the pot)
no limit (you can bet any size as long as its bigger then the big blind)
in holdem there can be as little as 2 players on a table to as many as 10
holdem always has 3 main positions the button, the small blind, and the big blind, no matter how many players are on a table. The person who is first to move is always after the big blind.
HAND STRENGTHS
this is what determines which hand is stronger and wins when at showdown
pair: either matching cards in your hand or the board. ex: your hand 55 or board 955AJ and you have 68
2pair same concept as above except you cannot have 2pair in your hand you need the board ex.
you have 67 the board is 8A67J
trips/set: a set can be trips but trips cannot be a set. a set means you have a pair in your hand and a matching card on the board set ex. yh 55 flop 5JK. trips ex. yh 57 flop 55Q
straight: 5 consecutive cards ex. yh 34 flop 25A or you can play the board ex. board 10JQKA
flush 5 cards consisting of the same suit. including your whole cards are you can play the board ex. yh 58 diamonds flop 10J7 diamonds makes a flush or board AQ1095 diamonds
quads/4 of a kind: 4 of the same cards ex. yh 44 flop 445 or board 54444
straight flush: combination of a flush and a straight.
royal flush: a straight flush consisting of 10JQKA
WHOLE CARDS
in holdem each player is dealt 2 whole cards and the cards together give you the hand strength.
the goal in holdem is to use the community cards(the board) + your hand to make the strongest hand possible. of course if you don't you can't still pretend that you do (aka bluffing)
suited means your whole cards are of the same suit ex. 6spades Kspades
connectors means your whole cards are a number apart ex. 8diamonds 9hearts
suited connector is the combination of the two ex. 5spades 6spades
pairs is when your whole cards match ex. Ahearts Aspades