How to deal texas holdem

This is a step by step of how to deal Texas Holdem. You have yourself a dealer, a small blind, and a big blind. The small blind is ½ of the big blind. The dealer deals one card to the small blind first, then the big blind, then the next player, the next player, and so on. One more card is now placed down starting again with the small blind, big blind, etc. The dealer then puts back down the cards and we have our first round of betting. The player sitting next to the big blind (not the small blind guy, the one on the left of the big blind) is now first to act. He may call the size of the big blind, fold, or raise the big blind. Then the next guy acts, and so on until everyone in the pot has called whatever the size of the bet is. If one guy raised to six and another guy after him raised to eight, well the guy who raised to six has to put in another two before we see the flop.

OK, so if you’re playing with people who know poker this is where it gets touchy. Put one card face down. This is known as the burn card. If the people know what they’re doing you now deal out three cards face down in the middle of the table (away from your burn pile) and flip them all at the same time. This is done so no one can pick up any tells as each card is shown. If you’re playing at a home game you may be OK just flipping the three cards one at a time.

So we have another round of betting once the flop (the three cards) is out. Betting starts with the small blind. Once this round is done the dealer picks back up the deck, puts one more card face down in the burn pile then puts one more card face up in the middle of the table. This is known as the turn..

We have another round of betting starting with the small blind again. If the small blind has folded it starts with the big blind. If he’s out then it’s the person next to the big blind. The dealer always acts last, except before the flop.

Alright, so once we have the turn over with we have one more final card burned and one more final card put face up in the middle of the table. This is known as the river. Everyone bets. The winner is determined by who has the best hand. And that is how to deal Texas Holdem.