Thursday, February 24, 2011

History of Texas Holdem

The Texas Holdem is the latest form of poker for online poker players. It is easy to learn and a great game to win quickly. Texas Holdem was invented in the early 1900 and officially recognized by the Legislature of the State of Texas Robstown. Texas Holdem was presented in Las Vegas in 1967 by a group of Texans card players. The game was later introduced to european card players in the 1980’s.

In Texas Holdem , the cards are dealt randomly and without control of players, each player tries to control the amount of money in the pot depends on the hand the player holds. The game is divided into a series of deals at the conclusion of each hand. A hand may end at the showdown, in which case the remaining players compare their hands and the highest hand is awarded the pot. That highest hand is usually held by only one player, but it can be held by more in the case of a tie.

The other possibility for the conclusion of a hand is when all but one player have folded and have thereby abandoned any claim to the pot, in this case the pot is awarded to the player who has not folded his hand.

Making mathematically correct decisions regarding when and how much to bet, raise, call or fold is the objective of winning players. His objective is not to win every individual hand. By making such decisions, winning poker players maximize long-term winnings by maximizing their expected utility on each round of betting.

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