•What is Holdem?
Holdem is a game played with 52 cards excluding the joker card. Players bet each other and
play depending on their hand, strategy, and luck. In the case of Texas Holdem, it is a game that combines 2 hand cards and 5 community cards.
•Basic Rules
Two cards, known as hole cards, are dealt face down to each player, and then five community cards are dealt face up in three stages. The stages consist of a series of three cards ("the flop"), later an additional single card ("the turn" or "fourth street"), and a final card ("the river" or "fifth street"). Each player seeks the best five card poker hand from any combination of the seven cards; the five community cards and their two hole cards.
•Poker Hand Rank
The winner is determined by hand rankings, so it would be better to familiarize yourself with the hand rankings. And in order to make a good hand rank, you need to play with high potential
hand rankings.
•Position
Position determines the order of betting and action. It is important to use a position that allows you to take action behind other players. Hand range in each position is very important as a psychological and tactical strategy.
•Betting
There are five actions in Holdem : check bet, call, raise, and fold.
As the game progresses, based on five players, we use the terms for positions such as small blind and big blind at the dealer button position, and then under the gun, middle, hijack, cut-off. The betting at each position will depend on your hand card, but normally the betting action of the under the gun and the big blind is important.
•Showdown
Showdown is a combination of the hand and five community cards and the player with the highest hand rank wins the pot when all betting actions are over when there are at least two players in the game. If all players appear all-in on the table, the showdown is established even
in two hands, and all cards are opened, and the flop, turn, and river are automatically opened.
•Tip
• Play with a premium hand. If the combination of the first two cards is not a premium card, then you’d better give up the game.
• Playing focuses on the bluff is dangerous. According to your position, bluffing is sometimes a good strategy, but it becomes difficult to catch the flow of the game if you do it too often.
• Use your time to play to know players’ actions. With this effort, respond to the situation of your position.
To win the odds fight, it is advantageous to play for a long time.
• You need to consider the number of cases for odds. It is important to predict my hand rank that can result from a combination of my cards and community cards, and it is good to consider the dividend for the pot and the probability of side pot. In Holdem, it is also important that when you lose, lose minimally and when you win, win maximum. It is recommended for probability to be approached with the above tip.
• In the case of raise, it is divided into 50% according to the hand rank and 50% according to the psychological strength.
When raising to read the opponent’s card, it is good to understand the range of the bet in the game and use the raise effectively.