Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
A call is similar to a play or stay in Round 2, but it completes the
A call is similar to a play or stay in Round 2, but it completes the hand. The dealer must call attention to the highest-ranking hand at each turn of play by announcing it orally. Should any player hold a hand comprised of a pair or better, he must call it so that all players can hear. He must also call possible flushes or straights, and must announce the last round of cards being dealt.
Showdown
Showdown When the final betting round is over, all active players, starting with the player who is being called, and rotating to the left clockwise, must turn their hole card face up on the table for all the players to see. The player holding the highest-ranking hand wins the pot. For further rules on tied hands, see "Object of the Game" under General Rules for Online Hold'em Poker. On completion of each showdown the game continues in the same manner with a new deal.