Sharpen Your Poker Skills

Each player is dealt two hole cards. Only you can play your own cards.

There are 5 community cards on the table that everyone can use to make their hand. Combine these shared cards with your own 2 cards to create the best 5-card hand possible.

Deal starts to the left of the dealer button — at a poker table, "left" always means clockwise around the table. Blinds are forced bets that must be placed. The button moves one position left (clockwise) after each hand.

You have the opportunity to bet at four stages: before any community cards are dealt (pre-flop), after the first three cards are revealed (the flop), after the fourth card (the turn), and after the final card (the river).

The player with the best 5-card tabled hand wins the pot.

Each player is dealt three hole cards. Only you can play your own cards.

You will discard 1 card. Important: if a player fails to discard properly, their hand will be ruled dead.

Pineapple — discard after pre-flop betting is complete.

Crazy Pineapple — discard after flop betting is complete.

There are 5 community cards everyone can use. Combine these with your remaining 2 cards for the best 5-card hand.

Deal starts left of the button; blinds are forced bets and the button rotates each hand. Four betting rounds: pre-flop, flop, turn, river.

The player with the best 5-card tabled hand wins the pot.

Each player is dealt 4 cards. You must play exactly 2 cards from your hand.

Everyone can use the 5 community cards, but you must include exactly 3 board cards with 2 from your hand. For example, if you hold the Ace of Hearts but no other hearts, and there are 4 hearts on the board, you do not have a flush — you need 2 hearts in hand to complete it with the board.

The board still has 5 shared cards, dealt the same way as Hold'em — flop, turn, river.

Deal starts left of the button; blinds are forced. Four betting rounds: pre-flop, flop, turn, river.

Omaha is often played Pot Limit, where a "Pot" bet equals 3x the last bet plus all previous bets. Example: pot is $10, Player A bets $5, Player B calls. Player C "pots it" for (3 × $5) + ($5 + $10) = $30.

The player with the best 5-card tabled hand wins the pot.

Each player is dealt 5 cards. You must play 2 from your hand plus exactly 3 board cards.

The board has 5 shared cards, dealt the same way as Hold'em and Omaha — flop, turn, river. You must use exactly 3 board cards with 2 from your hand.

High Hand — the best 5-card hand at showdown.

Low Hand — the lowest 5-card hand, 8-or-lower with no pairs, suits don't matter. The best possible low ("the nut low") is a wheel: A-2-3-4-5. Example: 8-4-3-2-A loses to 6-4-3-2-A, since 6-4 is lower than 8-4.

Deal starts left of the button; blinds are forced. Four betting rounds: pre-flop, flop, turn, river. Often played Pot Limit — same "Pot" bet math as Omaha: 3x the last bet plus previous bets.

The player with the best 5-card tabled hand wins the pot (split between high and low if applicable).

Each player is dealt 5 cards — only you can play those cards. Action starts on the first live hand left of the dealer button.

Players remaining in the hand either draw up to five cards each round, or stand pat and keep their current hand. Same idea as burning before the flop/turn/river: the dealer burns one card before dealing each round's replacements.

One round after the initial deal, then one after each of the three draw rounds.

Make the best 5-card hand using standard hand rankings. The best tabled hand wins the pot — you must show all your cards.

These are draw/discard games — only you can play your own cards. Badugi deals 4 cards; Badeucey and Badacey deal 5 cards.

All three variants are triple draw games — three separate drawing rounds where players remaining in the hand can trade in up to 4 cards each, or stand pat and keep what they have. Same idea as burning before the flop/turn/river: the dealer burns one card before dealing each round's replacements.

One round after the initial deal, then one after each of the three draws — four betting rounds total.

Goal: make a hand of four different suits with no pairs, using the lowest cards possible (A-2-3-4 is ideal).

A split pot game: half goes to the best Badugi hand, half to the best 2-7 lowball hand (without making a straight). Ace is a bad card in this game.

Also split pot: half to the best Badugi hand, half to the best A-5 lowball hand.

These games can be played with antes, or with the standard dealer button / small blind / big blind rotation. Typically capped at 6 or 7-handed.

Each player is dealt two cards face down and one card face up.

The dealer deals from the left, moving clockwise, burning one card before each new street. Each new card kicks off a new betting round, called a street.

Make the best hand using the best 5 of your 7 cards, using standard hand rankings.

Either every player antes at the start of each hand, or one player covers the ante for the table, rotating each hand.

A forced bet from the player showing the lowest 3rd street card. Action on 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th street starts with whoever has the best hand showing.

Each player is dealt two cards face down and one card face up, same as Stud — including a burn card from the dealer before each new street.

Make the worst hand possible using the worst 5 of your 7 cards. Flushes and straights do not matter. A-2-3-4-5 is the best-worst hand you can make. Ace is low, King is high.

Read hands in descending order: 8-6-5-4-2 vs. 6-4-3-2-A — the 6,4 hand wins because it's lower than the 8,6 hand, making it the worse (winning) hand.

Antes work the same as Stud. The bring-in is a forced bet from the player showing the highest 3rd street card. Action on 4th–7th street starts with whoever has the worst hand showing.