Poker Rules Step by Step Guide for Beginners

Buy-In Poker rules

• The moment you enter any Poker game, it is necessary that you make your Buy-In. When playing limit poker, you have to keep in mind that a full Buy-In can be as much as ten times that maximum amount of bet that can be placed in the game, unless a limit is set by all other players.
• A player is generally allowed to place small Buy-In. when adding money to your bank stack, it cannot be considered as your Buy-In. A player can add stack any time during the game and the quantity generally depends on the hands being played at the table.
• If the player has just switched from a broken game to another game that is of similar limit, then he can begin playing the game with the same amount of money, and this is valid even if he is holding minimum amount of Buy-In. in Case he joins a new game then he is expected to have proper Buy-In size.

Poker is a game of card and players are allowed to place their bets when playing poker hands. The player who is hold highest value hand is declared as the winner of the game. He is also one who is declared as the winner of the pot. When playing this game, players make use of standard pack of 52 cards. In this game the Ace is believed to have highest value, but at times this can also be played low. The game is played making use of Joker and wild cards. When using wild card, it is considered as holding an additional hand like five of a kind and is also considered as higher value hand as compared to straight flush. Joker can generally replace Ace and is used in completing hand of flush. This cannot be used to replace any other cards in the game. When shut down, players are requested to compare hands and the highest value hand is declared as the winner. If there is a tie between two players then the pot is split equally between the players.

Shutdown Poker Rules

• If the player wants to win the pot then all his cards must be face up at the time of shutdown. This is true for cards even if they were not used in the final hand.
• Players are also requested that they need to hold their cards till the final winner of the game is declared by the dealer.
• In there are any incorrect chip amount present in the pot then the dealer shall call out for error resulting in the fortifying of the pot.
• Before being awarded, the dealer also kills all loosing hands, and then proceeds towards the next game.
• All players can request to see the winning hands at the end of the game. In case the player requests to see the folded hand then it is declared as dead hand by the dealer.