EnglishPoker – a world-wide online phenomenon
Poker has become in recent years the most popular card game in the world. Currently, millions of people play poker online from the comfort of their home. The stigma that the people who play poker are sweaty cowboys in filthy bars is long gone. Nowadays the game is played by all kinds of people, ordinary people that you can meet on the street. People who never turn down an exciting experience.
Unlike casino games, poker has a great advantage – you do not play versus the house, only against other players. This leaves you facing only the skill of all the other players around the table. The goal of the game is to beat the other players by making the best set of cards or forcing your opponents to give up by a skill known in poker as bluffing.
How to do all this and more you will learn over the course of this tutorial. What you will find out about poker is that it’s a unique combination of skill, strategy and luck. And above all it’s a game of challenge that can deliver a great thrill and excitement.
We cannot make you a poker pro with a finger-snap, you have to achieve that yourself through tons of practice. We, however, will guide you through your learning process in the next couple of steps, so that you can make the best of your experience while learning and having fun at PokerWorld.
STEP1: POKER HAND RANKINGS
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As in any other card game, the first thing you should learn is the hand rankings.
Before we move on though, we need to test what you have learned.
STEP2: TEXAS HOLD'EM TUTORIAL
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The Hold’em No Limit game is the most popular poker variation. Therefore we will start your first hands-on training with an interactive guide in that game.
STEP3: PRACTICE FOR FREE
Now you have got a feel of the game and you are familiar with the Hold’em No Limit rules and type of play. We suggest you at this point, before moving on to the Next Level of this tutorial to play against real people for FUN money, so as to get a better feel of the game.
FUN money is free and you can play with it as much as you like. Keep in mind however, that what gives sense and meaning to a poker game only when people put their own money to the table. Rule in poker is that if you have nothing to lose, then you are completely unpredictable as you do not risk anything and therefore the poker strategy (covered in later on in the tutorial) are not applicable.