Contrasting to most people's perception, poker is not just a game of chance. In first-rate poker tournaments, competitors poorly prepare for the mental as well as physical anxiety of the game.Online Poker need of the same degree of preparation, strategy, mental and physical preparation like competitive sports same to that of tourneys in backgammon, chess, and other mind games.
Types of Poker
Online Poker - is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been somewhat accountable for a dramatic raise in the number of poker players worldwide.
Casino poker – is the game of poker played in Casino houses where you can see your opponents in action.
Home games – is the game of poker played together with family, relative or friends.
How to Play Poker?
Online Poker is played from a standard deck of 52 cards. Some variant poker games use multiple decks or add Jokers or Wild Cards.
The cards are ranked in descending order starting from the highest;
There are four suits; spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs, but no suit is higher than another.
Each player is dealt five cards and is called a hand. The hand highest in ranks wins. In some Poker Room games there are Wild Cards or Jokers, which can be labeled whatever suit and rank the possessor wishes to.
Poker hierarchy
The ranking of poker hands starting from the highest are as follows:
1. Royal Flush - Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace. All of the same suit
2.Straight Flush - Five sequenced cards of the same suit
3. Four of a Kind - Four cards of equal rank
4. Full House - Three cards of equal rank, with two ranks of equal rank
5. Flush - Five cards of the same suit
6.Straight - Five cards in a sequence
7.Three of a Kind - Three cards of equal rank
8.Two Pair - Two sets of two cards of equal rank
9.One Pair - Two cards of equal rank
