Picking the best poker tables for yourself can make or break you. On the best poker sites online you will typically have numerous tables with different styles of poker to choose from. So how do you choose where to sit (or virtually sit)?
The first thing to determine is what type of poker you want to play. There are numerous different types of poker styles available on freepoker sites. Here is a brief overview of some of the popular poker styles you may see available online.
- Texas Hold Em Poker- Texas Hold ‘Em is the most popular form of poker being played today. In Texas Hold Em poker each player will be dealt two cards face down. Only the player can view these two cards. Then there are 5 cards placed face-up that everyone can see. These are the community cards. The community cards are revealed in three turns. The first turn is called “the flop” and the dealer will reveal the first 3 of the 5 cards. Then the dealer will reveal the 4th card also known as “the turn”. Finally the 5th card, known as “the river”, will be revealed. Players will be able to place bets prior to “the flop”, “the turn”, “the river”, and lastly after “the river” is placed. The person with the best 5 card hand wins. The players hand is a combination of the 5 community cards and their two personal cards.
- 7 Card Stud- 7 card stud is the most complicated form of poker (or at least most time consuming). If you can master 7 card stud, you can master any form of poker. 7 card stud begins the same way as Texas Hold em poker with two cards being dealt face down to each player. Then things proceed differently. Instead of 5 community cards, each player is dealt their own 5 cards. The cards are dealt one at a time face up. These cards are usually referred to as “Fourth street”, “Fifth Street”, “Sixth Street”, and “The River”. Players can bet after each turn and once more after the river.
- Razz- Same as 7 card stud, only you want to have the lowest hand. In Razz, the Ace is played low and the flush and straight do not count against a player so the best hand would an A2345.
