Poker guides for beginners

Everything you need to sit down at a Texas Hold’em table for the first time, written in plain language. Each guide links to lessons in the free trainer where you can practise it.

• Poker rules: how to play Texas Hold’emThe poker rules for Texas Hold’em, step by step: the blinds, the four betting rounds, your five choices on each turn, and how the winner is decided at the showdown.
• Poker hands ranked, from best to worstAll ten poker hands ranked in a chart, from royal flush down to high card, with an example of each, how often it happens in Texas Hold’em, and how ties are broken.
• Poker odds explained: outs and pot oddsHow to count your outs, estimate your chance of hitting with the rule of 2 and 4, and use pot odds to decide whether a call is worth it. With a chart of common draws.
• Poker terms, explained simplyWhat poker words mean, explained simply: blinds, button, flop, turn, river, kicker, outs, the nuts, all in, side pot, tilt and more.