All about Online Poker
Here we don’t use to talk just about online casinos: poker is definitely one of the most exciting and fascinating card games in the world. It is supposed to be born 3000 years ago in countries like Egypt, India and Persia and boasts a great many enthousiasts ever since. Online poker is simply the graphic version of the game with the only difference that players cannot physically touch the cards. Rules and categories of hand are the same as in traditional poker: the lowest is the Pair and the highest is the Royal Flush.
For a fair and exciting play, the recommended number of players is 4. However, the game can be played by 3 to 5 people. In land as in online casinos, the croupier is an external person who does not have a personal interest in the outcome of the game in order to grant a maximum of fairness among players.
Upon deposit of the basic stake fixed by the croupier, each player is given 5 cards dealt face down. Usually, the minimum hand permitted to start the action is a J-pair. The first active player starts the second round of betting. Sometimes, at this stage players can reraise and wager more than their opponent’s stake .
At that point, players can decide how many cards they wish to replace (no more than 4). After receiving replacements by the croupier, each player checks his cards and decides whether stay in or fold up. Another round of betting starts among active players who can reraise after their opponents. The highest hand among the active players wins the pot. In the case there is just one player remaining in contention for the pot as all the others have fold up, the active player wins the pot.
Poker hand ranking from low to high is: High Card, One Pair, Two Pairs, Three of a Kind, Straight, Flush, Full House, Four of a kind, Royal Flush.
Online casinos offer the possibility to take part in the various weekly tournaments open to the public. Players can start with the three match-tournaments for getting to the great world-tournaments or even to Las Vegas finals where they can challenge poker champions. We suggest you to try also the other exciting poker versions: Omaha, Card Stud and Hold’em.
