Texas Hold'em Rules · Visual Guide ▼
Section 01 · The Deck
A hold'em hand uses a standard 52-card deck: four suits, thirteen ranks, and no jokers. Hover or tap any card to read it.
Section 02 · The Goal
Make the best 5-card hand from your two private cards and the five-card board, or win immediately when everyone else folds.
Ten to ace, all in the same suit. It is the strongest possible five-card poker hand.
Complete ranking, strongest to weakest. Royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pair, one pair, high card. Compare category first, then ranks and kickers.
Section 03 · Opening the Hand
Before the first bet, the blinds create a pot and every player receives two private cards. Then the board is revealed across three streets.
The small blind and big blind put chips in before seeing cards. The dealer button marks whose turn comes last after the flop.
Each player receives two private cards face down. These hole cards belong only to that player.
After preflop betting, three community cards turn face up. Everyone can use them.
The fourth and fifth community cards complete the board. The last active players compare their best five-card hands.
Section 04 · Your Turn
On your turn, your legal action depends on whether anyone has bet before you. The action continues clockwise until every active player has matched the bet or folded.
Give up the pot and take no further action in this hand.
Pass the action without betting when no bet is in front of you.
Match the current bet to keep playing.
Put chips in first on a betting street.
Increase the current bet. Other players must call, raise again, or fold.
Commit your remaining stack. Side pots may form if stacks differ.
Section 05 · Showdown
At showdown, each player makes the best five-card hand from seven available cards. The useful skill is reading the board, kickers, and ties quickly.
