Texas Hold’em

Each player gets two private cards. Betting happens before the flop (three shared cards), after the flop, after the turn (one card), and after the river (one card). At showdown, the best five cards from your seven available cards win. Equal hands split the pot.

The dealer posts the small blind and acts first before the flop. The other player acts first after the flop. Fold, check when nothing is owed, call, or raise. Bets are capped at what both players can cover. If a player is all-in and the bet is matched, the remaining board is dealt automatically.

Hands rank from high card through pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, and straight flush. A royal flush is the highest straight flush.