July 30, 2010
Freddie Johnson asked:
In How To Play Poker Texas Holdem Style - Part II
we talked about what takes place each step of the
way during the betting rounds of a hand of texas
holdem poker. Now we're going to walk through a
sample hand of texas holdem to give you a more
concrete idea of how a hand is played. You'll be
playing texas holdem in no time.
As I mentioned in part II there are four rounds
of betting in limit texas holdem. Round one
takes place before the flop and you can bet in
one-unit increases.
Round two is directly after the flop (three community
cards are dealt) and the same betting format is played
out. You can bet and raise in one-unit increases.
Round three takes place after the fourth card (fourth
street or the turn card) is dealt. All bets and raises
are now made in two-unit increases.
Round four takes place after the fifth card (fifth
street or the river card) is dealt. All bets and raises
are now made in two-unit increases.
Let's run through a sample limit holdem hand so you can
see how this works. We'll go with a $2-$4 limit holdem
game as we discussed in part II. The dealer deals out
two cards face down to everyone in the game.
The small blind of $1 and the big blind of $2 have been
anted up. Player one holds ace-10 off suit (A-10) and
raises, making it $4 to call the bet. Players 2, 3 and
4 all fold. Player five holds A-Q and calls. Player
six folds. The dealer and the small blind fold. The
big blind calls with J-9. Remember he already has $2
in the pot so it only costs him $2 to call the bet.
The dealer deals the flop and the three community cards
show up 10-4-8. The situation has now changed. Player
five no longer holds the bet hand although he may think
so based on the flop. The big blind how has a potential
straight draw and player one has a pair of tens with a
top kicker.
The big blind bets the $2 on his straight draw. Both
player one and five call the $2 bet. Even though player
five didn't hit a pair, based on the flop he feels he
may still have the strongest hand, although he's unsure
about another player being on a straight draw with the
10 and 8 on the flop.
A Q comes down on the turn. The big blind has hit his
straight and makes a $4 bet. Remember, we are now in
betting round three and the bets have doubled. Player
1 still thinks his tens may be good and he calls the
$4 bet. Player five also calls, now holding a pair of
queens with an ace high kicker.
The dealer flips over the river card, another 10. The
big blind, having already hit his straight, makes another
$4 bet. Player one, holding trips (three of a kind)
raises the bet to $8. Player five wisely folds his
queens. The big blind calls the $4 raise of player one.
The players flip their hole cards face up to determine
who won the hand. Player 1, thinking he must've won, is
shocked to see that his three of a kind falls to the
big blind's queen high straight. Ouch!
In How To Play Poker Texas Holdem Style - Part II
we talked about what takes place each step of the
way during the betting rounds of a hand of texas
holdem poker. Now we're going to walk through a
sample hand of texas holdem to give you a more
concrete idea of how a hand is played. You'll be
playing texas holdem in no time.
As I mentioned in part II there are four rounds
of betting in limit texas holdem. Round one
takes place before the flop and you can bet in
one-unit increases.
Round two is directly after the flop (three community
cards are dealt) and the same betting format is played
out. You can bet and raise in one-unit increases.
Round three takes place after the fourth card (fourth
street or the turn card) is dealt. All bets and raises
are now made in two-unit increases.
Round four takes place after the fifth card (fifth
street or the river card) is dealt. All bets and raises
are now made in two-unit increases.
Let's run through a sample limit holdem hand so you can
see how this works. We'll go with a $2-$4 limit holdem
game as we discussed in part II. The dealer deals out
two cards face down to everyone in the game.
The small blind of $1 and the big blind of $2 have been
anted up. Player one holds ace-10 off suit (A-10) and
raises, making it $4 to call the bet. Players 2, 3 and
4 all fold. Player five holds A-Q and calls. Player
six folds. The dealer and the small blind fold. The
big blind calls with J-9. Remember he already has $2
in the pot so it only costs him $2 to call the bet.
The dealer deals the flop and the three community cards
show up 10-4-8. The situation has now changed. Player
five no longer holds the bet hand although he may think
so based on the flop. The big blind how has a potential
straight draw and player one has a pair of tens with a
top kicker.
The big blind bets the $2 on his straight draw. Both
player one and five call the $2 bet. Even though player
five didn't hit a pair, based on the flop he feels he
may still have the strongest hand, although he's unsure
about another player being on a straight draw with the
10 and 8 on the flop.
A Q comes down on the turn. The big blind has hit his
straight and makes a $4 bet. Remember, we are now in
betting round three and the bets have doubled. Player
1 still thinks his tens may be good and he calls the
$4 bet. Player five also calls, now holding a pair of
queens with an ace high kicker.
The dealer flips over the river card, another 10. The
big blind, having already hit his straight, makes another
$4 bet. Player one, holding trips (three of a kind)
raises the bet to $8. Player five wisely folds his
queens. The big blind calls the $4 raise of player one.
The players flip their hole cards face up to determine
who won the hand. Player 1, thinking he must've won, is
shocked to see that his three of a kind falls to the
big blind's queen high straight. Ouch!
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- Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & orchestra (orchestrated by F. Grofé) - George Gershwin
- Hang On to Me, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical) - George Gershwin
- Fascinatin' Rhythm, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical) - George Gershwin
- The Half of It, Dearie, blues song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical) - George Gershwin
- I'd Rather Charleston, song (composed for London production of Lady, Be - George Gershwin
- Sweet and Low-Down, song (from Tip-Toes, musical) - George Gershwin
- That Certain Feeling, song (from Tip-Toes, musical) - George Gershwin
- Looking for a Boy, song (from Tip-Toes, musical) - George Gershwin
- Then do we dance?, for piano - George Gershwin
- Do, Do, Do, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical) - George Gershwin
- Someone to Watch Over Me, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical) - George Gershwin
- Clap Yo' Hands, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical) - George Gershwin
- Maybe, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical) - George Gershwin
- My One and Only, song (from Funny Face, musical) - George Gershwin
- Preludes (3) for piano
- Andante
- S'Wonderful & Funny Face
- Rhapsody in Blue, for piano & jazz band
- An American in Paris, tone poem for orchestra
- It ain't necessarily so
- The Buzzard Song
- Scene: Summertime / Crapgame / A woman is a sometime thing
- Bess, you is my woman now
- I got plenty o' nuttin
- Where is my Bess?
- Summertime
- My man's gone now
- Third movement
- Medley: I got rhythm / Of thee I sing
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Binding: Audio CDArtist: Various Artists
Format:
Number of Discs: 1
Manufacturer: RCA
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Tracks:
- And The World Goes 'Round: Theme From New York, New York - Karen Mason
- Jerome Robbins' Broadway: Times Square - New York, New York - Paul Gemignani
- Follies In Concert: Broadway Baby - New York Philharmonic
- Guys And Dolls: The Oldest, Established, Permanent Floating Crap Game In New York - Edward Strauss
- 42nd Street: Lullaby Of Broadway - Company
- 42nd Street: 42nd Street - Lee Roy Reams
- The Garrick Gaieties: Manhattan - William Bolcom
- Ain't Misbehavin': Lounging At The Waldorf - Luther Henderson
- Thoroughly Modern Millie: Only In New York - Sheryl Lee Ralph
- Strayhorn: Take The 'A' Train - Morgana King
- Porgy And Bess: There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York - Skitch Henderson
- Stompin' At The Savoy - The New Glenn Miller Orchestra
- Spanish Harlem - Tommy Leonetti
- Autumn In New York - Bobby Short
- Native New Yorker - Odyssey
- I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City - Harry Nilsson
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- How To Use This CD
- Introduction to Hypnosis For Dice Control
- Hypnosis Session - Play Craps to Win
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