Some basic terminology in Poker

Generally, the player that has the highest ranked hand wins when all the cards are shown at the showdown. The showdown refers to the time in the game when all the cards are shown. A player can also win by making the last uncalled bet without reaching a showdown.

After the initial cards are distributed the players are asked to act upon on their chance. They can usually take one of the following actions on their chance:

CHECK: Check refers to reject the chance to open the betting. The players are allowed to check only when there is no bet going on. Checking in general means passing the action to the next player in the hand in a clockwise direction.

BET: Once a bet is placed, the other players have to call by matching the bet amount to remain in hand.

FOLD: Folding means forfeiting the game and the player cannot act or win the game during the current hand.

CALL: Players have the option of calling if the bet has been made in the round. Calling requires the player to call only if he matches the highest bet that has already been made by someone else.

RAISE; Raise refers to the player matching the highest bet in the current round and then make a greater one after that. Because of this, all the other players have to call the raise or raise again so as to stay in hand.

Betting Limits

Betting limits refer to the amount of money, players can open or raise. They may be of three types.

NO LIMIT: When there is no limit betting structure being followed in a game the player can bet or raise any amount of money and can even include the full stack which is the total number of chips the player has at the given time.

POT LIMIT: In the pot-limit betting structure the player can bet or raise an amount equal to the total pot at a particular time.

FIXED LIMIT: In poker games with fixed limits, each player can choose to call, bet, or raise by only a fixed amount which is already decided in advance before starting the game.

A misconception always arises while thinking of poker is that whether it is true that the player bets his watch or in general is belongings while playing. These types of scenes are shown in movies and are not true. All games are usually played with table stakes which means that only the chips in play at the beginning of the game can be used during the hand.

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