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World Poker Tour

World Poker Tour (WPT) is a weekly televised series of about 13 poker tournaments worldwide. Started in 2003 and airs on the Travel Channel, the TV program features real casino events and has helped poker and poker players to gain a wider audience. Many Online poker sites today offer guaranteed seats to the WPT events. Play poker online now and get the chance to play at the WPT!

Poker Rules

The most popular forms of poker include Texas Hold'em poker, 7 Card Stud, 5 Card Stud, and Omaha. There are many variations of poker and they have different sets of rules, from the most simple to the most complex.

Poker is a card game where players bet into a communal pot during the course of a hand, the player holding the best hand at the end of the betting wins the pot.

Here are the basic rules of poker. These are the things you must first learn and remember before you can experiment of the different kinds of poker games.

Poker 101, Poker Betting, Poker Bluffling

Poker Betting

During the betting rounds, the players may take one of these following actions:

Check or Pass. A bet of zero that does not forfeit interest in the pot. Players may no longer check once an opening bet is made.

Bet or Raise. You first match the previous bet and then raise it. Once a raise is made, other players must match or exceed it, or else forfeit their interest in the pot.

Call. You match a previous bet that has been made and maintains your interest in the pot.

Fold. You surrender your interest in the pot; along with your cards and previous bets.

Standard betting proceeds in a circle (clockwise) until each player has called bets or folded. Different poker games have various rules on the number of betting rounds. But when there are only two players in the pot, they may keep betting until one of them decides to fold.

During a showdown, the player who made the last bet or raise is obliged to show his hand first. Whoever has the best hand wins the pot.