Once all of the cards have been dealt, the players reveal their cards to determine who wins the pot, or the chips that were bet that hand. The hand continues with the dealer flipping a turn and then a river card, with betting taking place between each card. The dealer then flips 3 cards on the table, known as the flop, and the betting starts again. To choose the dealer, either deal every player one card or spread the cards face down on the table and have every player choose one. The betting then continues clockwise around the table, and each of the players can call, raise, or fold. The players to the left of the dealer are the “Big Blind” and the “Little Blind,” respectively, and the betting begins with the Little Blind betting half of what the Big Blind bets. To start a hand, shuffle the cards and deal them out 1 at a time, starting with the person to your left, until all of the players have 2 cards.

Texas Holdem is a variation of poker in which players try to put together a winning hand using 2 cards dealt to them at the beginning of each hand and the 5 community cards on the table.

Learning to deal poker