Saturday, October 16, 2004
Texas Hold 'em is hot game these daysTexas Hold 'em is hot game these days
Steve Rosenberg, 18, says he stays away from high-stakes games, noting he enjoys the social aspect of poker. -- Steve Healey / The Star
October 16, 2004
When one speaks of poker these days, it's usually a version known as Texas Hold 'em, often played in so-called "tournaments."
In Texas Hold 'em, each player receives two cards face-down (the "hole" cards), then the next five cards are all common cards dealt face-up, meaning any player can use any of the latter to make a hand.
Distribution of the common cards goes by colorful names such as the flop, the turn and the river.
Tournament play differs from the typical Friday night poker game or casino game in that every player buys a seat at a table for a fixed price and receives a predetermined amount of chips, i.e., the chips in play typically are just a means of keeping score. As players lose all their chips, they drop out of the tournament. The last player with all the chips wins a prize
Steve Rosenberg, 18, says he stays away from high-stakes games, noting he enjoys the social aspect of poker. -- Steve Healey / The Star
October 16, 2004
When one speaks of poker these days, it's usually a version known as Texas Hold 'em, often played in so-called "tournaments."
In Texas Hold 'em, each player receives two cards face-down (the "hole" cards), then the next five cards are all common cards dealt face-up, meaning any player can use any of the latter to make a hand.
Distribution of the common cards goes by colorful names such as the flop, the turn and the river.
Tournament play differs from the typical Friday night poker game or casino game in that every player buys a seat at a table for a fixed price and receives a predetermined amount of chips, i.e., the chips in play typically are just a means of keeping score. As players lose all their chips, they drop out of the tournament. The last player with all the chips wins a prize
