Stillorgan RFC Texas Holdem Tournament 2012: Basic Rules

Stillorgan RFC Texas Holdem Tournament 2014: 2012: Basic Rules FIRST PRESON TO DEAL: each player is dealt a card face up and the highest card deals first. Ace is highest card. If two players have the same high card the person who got the first one deals. HOW TO DEAL AND BETTING SEQUENCE: • Each player at the table will be expected to deal as the dealer button passes around the table. Players can delegate their deal to someone else on the table. This will not affect the blinds or the normal rotation of the deal around the table • The dealer is to shuffle the cards before each deal. • Person to let left of the dealer is 1st Little Blind. • Person next left is Big Blind. • Going from left to right of the dealer each player receives one card. This is repeated until each player has two cards. • Top card is burnt by dealer ( placed face down beside the dealer ) • Each player has an option to bet starting with the person to the left of the big blind ( options Fold = throw your hand away, Call make a bet to the value of the big blind, Raise = make a bet higher than the big blind (NOTE YOU MUST CALL RAISE IF YOU WISH TO RAISE. PUTTING MONEY IN THE MIDDLE WITHOUT CALLING RAISE IS DEEMED AS A CALL NOT A RAISE.) • Dealer turns over three community cards face up in the middle of the table.( known as the Flop ) All players can use any or all of these cards together with their own two cards to make the best poker hand. • Betting starts with the little blind ( first person left of the dealer ) then clockwise from there. • Blinds will be set by Mick O’Hora during the course of the competition. • Dealer burns another card ( placed face down beside previous burnt card ) • Dealer turns over one card face up ( Known as the Turn ) • Another round of betting follows again starting with the first person remaining to the dealers left and going clockwise ( the small blind may have folded by now ) • Dealer burns a thirds card • Dealer turns final card face up in the middle ( Known as the river ) • Again 1st person to the left of the dealer has option to bet then clockwise from there • Person with the best poker hand wins the pot (see below). • If there is a bum deal, the dealer must but in an amount of chips equivalent to the big blind. The person who did the bum deal must then deal again. If the error can be easily rectified without reperforming the deal, it should be rectified without penalty to the dealer. • If a deal was dealt by a person who was delegated the deal, both the person who’s deal it was and the delegated dealer must both put in an amount of chips equivalent to the small blind. LEAVING THE TABLE DURING THE GAME • Players can leave the table for any reason during the game. Cards will be dealt to the player in their absence. The dealer will collect the cards from any position if they are not in position before the initial betting begins. If the player is in the small blind or big blind position, the appropriate amount of chips will be put into the pot on their behalf. Players cannot be absent from the table for a prolonged period. The adjudicator may use his discretion to disqualify any player for a prolonged absence from the table Any disputes that cannot be settled at the table are to be referred to Mick O’Hora for adjudication. Mick O’Hora’s decision is final.

Ranking or poker hands for Texas Holdem is the same as normal poker Royal Flush The five highest cards, the 10 through the Ace, all five of the same suit. A royal flush is actually an ace-high straight flush. Which suit it is doesn't matter in poker. Two people with royal flushes would tie. Straight Flush Any five cards of the same suit in consecutive numerical order. Our example shows a five-high straight flush. Four of a Kind Four cards of the same denomination. Our example shows four jacks with a deuce kicker. Full House Any three cards of the same denomination, plus any pair of a different denomination. Ties are broken first by the three of a kind, then the pair. Our example shows sevens full of threes. Flush Any five non-consecutive cards of the same suit. Our example shows a queen-high diamond flush.

Straight Any five consecutive cards of mixed suits. Ace can be high or low. Our example shows a six-to-ten straight.

Three of a Kind Three cards of the same denomination.Our example displays three of a kind, fours. Two Pair Any two cards of the same denomination, plus any other two cards of the same denomination. If both hands have the same high pair, the second pair wins. If both pairs tie, the high card wins. Our example shows two pair, eights and fives. Pair Any two cards of the same denomination. Our example displays a pair of nines. In a tie, the high card wins.

High Card If no other hand is achieved, the highest card held wins. In our example, the king of hearts is the high card.