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The history of Poker is thought to have evolved over more than ten centuries from various games, all involving the basic principals of ranked card or domino combinations and the use of ‘bluffing’ to deceive opponents.

One popular belief is that a game similar to poker was first invented by the Chinese sometime before 969 A.D, when The Emperor Mu-tsung is reported to have played "domino cards" with his wife on new years eve.

Egyptians in the 12th & 13th centuries are known to have used a form of playing cards, and in 16th century Persia “Ganjifa” or “Treasure Cards” were used for a variety of betting games. A Ganjifa deck consisted of 96 elaborate cards, often made of paper thin slices of ivory or precious wood. The Persians played “As Nas” which utilized 25 cards, rounds of betting and hierarchical hand rankings.

A French game named “Poque” and a German game named “Pochen” became very popular in the 17 & 18th centuries, both developed from the 16th century Spanish game called “Primero” which involved three cards being dealt to each player. Bluffing, or betting high stakes whilst holding poor cards to deceive opponents, was an integral part of the game. Primero dates back to 1526 and is often referred to as “poker’s mother” as it is the first confirmed version of a game directly related to modern day poker.

French colonials imported the game to the new world when they arrived in Canada. Their beloved poque was the national card game of France and from the beginning of the 18th century, when a hardy group of French-Canadian settlers founded New Orleans, it spread from the state of Louisiana up the Mississippi river and then throughout the whole country.

In 1834, Jonathan H. Green made one of the earliest written references to poker when in his writing he mentions rules to the "cheating game," being played on Mississippi riverboats. The Cheating Game" quickly began to supplant the popular cardsharp game of 3-card monte on the gambling circuit. Gamers embraced the new game as it was perceived as a more challenging and 'honest' gamble than the notoriously rigged 3-card game. Green took more than a passing interest in the new game and took it upon himself to formally name and document the 'Cheating Game' in his book 'An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling': Poker was born.

During the Wild West period of United States history, a saloon with a Poker table could be found in just about every town from coast to coast. It was extremely popular during the Civil War when the soldiers of both armies played. European influence of poker ended when the joker was introduced as a wild card in 1875.

 In just over two centuries, poker has never looked back. Since its humble beginning on the banks of the Mississippi, the popularity of this widely played game has grown in leaps and bounds to evolve numerous variations and sub-variations.

There have been three games that have, in turn, dominated the modern poker scene: 

• 5 Card Draw rose from relative obscurity during the American Civil War to the most popular game for almost a century.

  Nevada made it a felony to run a betting game. However the Attorney General of California declared that draw poker was based upon skill and therefore the anti-gambling laws could not stop it. But stud poker was still deemed illegal as it was based solely on chance. With this decision, draw poker games developed and grew. This caused Nevada to reverse itself in 1931 and legalize casino gambling.

• 7 Card Stud then took over the throne shortly before WWII and maintained its position for about 40 years with the help of the new and thriving Las Vegas casino industry.

• Texas Hold’em, christened the ‘cadillac of poker’ rose to promienence in the 1970's when it was featured as the title game in the World Series of Poker. Today, Texas Hold’em is indisputably the most frequently played and most popular poker game in the world, played in casinos and on home game tables the world over.

Other variations such as Omaha, Stud Poker, Manila, Draw Poker and Razz are also popular, but nothing can compete with the thrill of No Limit Texas Hold’em.

No Limit Texas Hold’em played at The World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour have been captivating American television audiences to the point that there are now made for TV events such as the National Heads Up Poker Championship and the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions being filmed especially for TV and shown in prime time.

Poker looks like it is here to stay and it’s popularity has never been as widespread nor growing as quickly as it is right now. With the wealth of poker information available online, and the relative ease of logging on and playing with other poker players from around the world, there is no time like the present to join the poker craze.

Before you ever site down at a poker table you must be able to talk the talk. Its all about confidence and how much other THINK you know and not what you know:

Advance Action:   To help keep the pace of the games moving nicely, we have provided advance action capabilities.  When you know what you will do next, you can use these to indicate your next action prior to the bet reaching you.  These advance action options will always present the correct options for the context of the play.  Using Advance Action buttons will help keep the pace of the game exciting.

All-in:   When you run out of chips during a hand, but don't wish to fold, you are all-in.  This means you have the potential to win a share of the pot up to and including your last contribution to that pot.  You cannot share in any bets added beyond that point.  These bets form a side-pot.  The all-in is also used for situations where a player in a hand loses connection to the server.

Ante:  The small stake required from each player to participate before a hand is dealt.  The ante is used in 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud High/Low.  In Hold'em and Omaha, a blind is used as opposed to an ante.  The ante is not part of a player's bet whereas a blind is.

Avatar:  A term from computer gaming for an image or figure used to represent a person.  

Away-from-table:  In tournaments, you may not "sit out". Rather, you may be "away-from-table" which means your are dealt into every hand, posting blinds when your turn, and then folded when there is a raise before the flop, or a bet after the flop. When you are in a tournament and need to leave, time-out, or lose your connection, you are automatically marked as "away-from-table".       

Bad Beat:  to be a heavy favorite in a hand and lose to an opponent who was a severe underdog statically speaking.

Bet the Pot:  This term is used in pot limit games.  It means your bet matches the current amount in the pot.  If, when your turn to bet, the pot was at $217, and you bet the pot, your bet is $217.

Big Blind:  In games using a blind to put money in play, the big blind is generally equal to the lower amount of the stakes for that game. In a $5/$10 game, the big blind is $5. The big blind follows the small blind, which is put up by the first player to the left of the dealer.

Blind:  This term refers to the required bets, called the small blind and the big blind used to put money into play.  The blinds are mandatory bets and rotate around the table.

Board:  The community cards in Hold'em are collectively known as the board.

Bring-in:  In ante games, the bring-in is a mandatory bet, normally half the lower stake value.  The player with the lowest face-up card must either bet the lower stake, or the bring-in to start the hand.

Buddy List:  A feature of our poker room allowing players to identify other players, with permission, as buddies.  Buddies will be marked to reflect which table they are playing at, making it easier for you to find the people you enjoy playing poker with.

Burn:  In physical poker rooms, the top card of the deck is discarded prior to each round of dealing.  The intent is to minimize the risk of cheating by knowing the next card.  There is no possibility of this happening in our poker room, therefore we do not burn cards.

Button:  A marker, usually disk-shaped, to indicate which player is the virtual dealer.  The button is used in games where position relative to the dealer is important.

Buy-in:  There is a minimum chip value required to sit at any given table.  Normally the minimum is 10 times the higher stake for that game.  For some special games, that value may be higher.  The minimum value required to be seated is called the buy-in.  The amount of money you sit down in a game with.  All games have a minimum buy-in, typically 10 times the big blind.

Call:  When a player matches the prior bet on the table, that action is termed the call.

Cap:  The last permitted raise in a betting round is called the cap.  We allow three raises beyond the initial bet in limit games.  The third raise is the cap.

Check:  If there is no bet on the table and you do not wish to place a bet, that action is termed a check.  You may only check when there are no pending bets.

Client:  The term for the software that you download to your computer, allowing you to interact with the poker room's servers.

Collusion:  A form of cheating where two or more players attempt to gain an unfair advantage by sharing information.  We do not tolerate cheating.

Community Cards: Face up cards on the table that are shared by all players are termed community cards.  Texas Hold'em and Omaha always have community cards.  In stud games, a community card is dealt in place of the last down card when too few cards remain in the deck for each player to receive a down card.

Dead Blind:  In a situation where you have missed your blinds and wish to re-enter the game before your turn to post the big blind.  You must post both blinds and the small blind is termed a dead blind, meaning it does not count towards calling a bet.

Dead Hand:  A hand no longer in the game.

Door Card:  The first face-up card dealt with the two down cards in 7 Card Stud games.

Down Cards:  The face-down cards dealt to a player.

Drawing Dead:  This describes the situation when a player is trying to draw a card to complete a hand when there is already a hand that will beat it, even if made.

Drop:  To drop your hand when you decide not to go further with your hand; to return your cards to the muck.  Same as fold.

Face Down:  Dealt cards that are not visible to other players.

Face Up:  Dealt cards that are visible to all players.

Fifth Street:  The term for the fifth card in 7 Card Stud and the fifth board card in Hold'em.

Flop:  In Texas Hold'em, the set of 3 face-up community cards; the first three cards on the board, all dealt at the same time.

Flush:  Any 5 cards in one hand that are all the same suit.

Fold:  Withdraw from further participation in the current hand.  Also see drop.

Forced Bet:  A mandatory bet.  In certain games, a player is required to bet, having sat-in the game.  Also see bring-in.

Four of a Kind:  A great hand ... all 4 of one rank.  For example, 4 Tens.

Fourth Street:  The term for the fourth card in 7 Card Stud and the fourth board card in Hold'em. 

Freeroll:  This term applies to poker tournaments where the entry fee, the stakes, or both the entry fee and stakes are waived. In some non-freeroll tournaments, the house may guarantee a minimum prize pool. 

Full House:  A hand in which you have a combination of 3 of a kind, and a pair. 

Graphics:  The term for the artwork used to present you with the images of a poker room, including the table, chairs, avatars, cards, and chips. 

Hand:  A set of cards used by a player during a single round.  Another word for a single round of shuffling, dealing, and betting. 

Heads Up:  A game where only two players remain in contention for the pot. 

Head to Head:  A game where only two players may participate. 

High Card:  The card with the highest rank. 

High/Low:  A variation of a game where the pot is split between the best hand and the worst hand.  The worst hand is comprised of the 5 lowest cards.  Most poker rooms, including this one, consider 5, 4, 3, 2, A (the wheel) as the lowest possible hand, despite it also being a straight. 

Hold'em:  Also called Texas Hold'em.  One of the most popular poker games.  Each player gets 2 down cards and can use 3,5, or 5 of the community cards. 

Hole Cards:  The down cards in a player's hand. 

In:  A term for being an active player; one who has not folded. 

Inside Straight:  The term applied when a player has 4 of 5 cards needed for a straight with the missing card being inside the sequence rather than at either end, and gets the missing card.  For example, a player holding 3, 4, 5, 7 needs a 6 to complete the straight.  Getting that 6 is termed "making the inside straight." 

Jackpot:  A bonus opportunity to win under specific circumstances set by the poker room. 

Kicker:  The term for the card used to break ties between two of a kind or between Two Pair. 

Live Blind:  A blind that counts towards any bet you call or raise. 

Main Pot:  The initial pot of money.  When one or more players go all-in, a side pot is created for each all-in player. 

Muck:  As a noun, this refers to the pile of folded cards and discarded cards.  As a verb, at showdown time, the act of returning a losing hand to the dealer face-down. 

Multi-Table Tournament:  A tournament where players at more than one table compete, starting with equal numbers of chips, until one player has won all the chips. Prize payouts are a function of the number of entrants, and are posted on the tournaments page. Multi-table tournaments have a posted start time, and require registration in advance. 

No Limit:  A variation of the betting rules in which each bet is unlimited up to the number of chips a player has on the table (NL). 

Omaha:  A game in which each player receives 4 face-down cards and shares 5 community cards.  The winning hand must use exactly 2 down cards and 3 community cards.  This game also has a High/Low variant. 

Omaha High/Low:  This game allows players to compete for a pot split between the highest and the lowest hands using 2 down cards and 3 community cards.  A player may use different sets of cards to make up the best high and the best low hands. 

On the button:  This term means you are in the dealer position in Texas Hold'em and Omaha games. The dealer position is marked by a "button" with a "D" in the center. 

One on One:  See head to head. 

Option :  This term refers to the option given the big blind player the option of raising before the flop. 

Overcard:  In stud, if you assume your opponent has a pair of sevens, then every card above seven in your hand is considered an overcard. 

Pair:  Also called two of a kind. This is a hand where the player's best hand is made up of 2 cards of the same rank. 

Pass:  Can be used in place of either pass or fold depending on the context. 

Play Chips:  The chips used for play money games.  Play chips have no monetary value. 

Playing the Board:  Using all the community cards in Hold'em as your best hand. 

Pocket Cards:  The term for the two down cards at the start of the hand. 

Pot:  The chips available to win in any given hand. 

Pot Limit:  A variation on betting where each player may bet up to the current amount in the pot (PL). 

Profile:  A term describing the information a player may enter about himself/herself that may be available, at the player's option, to other players in the poker room.  Your profile may include your favorite hobby, favorite web site, favorite quote, and more. 

Rake:  The amount of money, in chips, taken by the house as the service fee. 

Raise:  The act of increasing the amount bet by a prior bettor. 

Rank:  The value of a card.  The rank of the 2 of Spades is 2.  The rank of the Queen of Hearts is Queen.  Rank value increases from 2 through 10, followed in order by Jack, Queen, King, and Ace.  In High/Low games, the Ace may be used both for its high rank and as the lowest rank card. 

Rebuy:  To get more chips during a game but not during a hand that you are in.  This applies to real money and tournament play. 

Reducing :  The act of removing chips from a table and returning immediately with fewer chips.  Reducing is considered poor etiquette, and is not permitted in our poker room. 

Registration:  We ask you to select a screen name to serve as your poker room identity, a password, and to provide a location and email address to create an account.  This is your registration. 

River:  The fifth and final community card.  This card is also known as fifth street. 

Round :  This refers to the dealing of a set of cards and associated betting.  For example, the dealing of the river and the bets that follow are a round. 

Royal Flush:  The best possible high hand.  This is a straight flush from 10 through to Ace of the same suit. 

Screen Name:  The identity you select by which you are known in the poker room.  We only allow one player to use a screen name so please understand if the one you have selected is already taken. 

See:  This is a synonym of call.  It is often used in conjunction with the term raise, as in "I'll see your $10 and raise you $10." 

Self-install:  The term used to describe how the file you download from our web site is automatically installed and configured on your computer when you double-click on the file. 

Server:  The computer, or set of computers, providing a service to client computers.  In this case the service is the poker room. 

Showdown:  After the final bet, when all players show their hands or muck, is known as the showdown. 

Side Pot:  This is a pot created when a player goes all-in.  The side pot is the pot available to those players not all-in at that point.  There can, on occasion, be more than one side pot. 

Sit′N′Go:  A poker table at which you may buy-in to a seat. All buy-in money goes to the prize pool. The prize pool is returned to the top finishers per the payout table on the tournaments page. A fee is normally required to play at this table. Players are staked to equal numbers of chips and play one player has won all the chips. Sit′N′Go′s begin as soon as the table has filled. 

Sit Out:  We permit you to hold your seat at a table while not participating in some hands. Under most conditions, we limit the time you may sit out to a small number of hands. In blind games, you may be asked to post the equivalent of the blind if you return to your seat prior to the blind reaching you. To sit out you click a check box on the table screen. To return, you unclick the "sit out" check box. 

Small Blind:  In Hold'em and Omaha, this is the mandatory bet required of the player to the left of the dealer. 

Stakes:  See buy-in. 

Straight:  A hand in which the player has five cards in rank order.  Suit does not matter.  For example, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen. 

Straight Flush:  A straight all of the same suit. 

Stud:  The generic term for poker games where players receive the first card(s) down followed by some up cards where those up cards are exclusively for the use of that player.  There may be a further down card as in 7 Card Stud. 

Suit:  One of Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, or Spades (in rank order). 

Table Stakes:  The value of the chips with which a player sits down at a table.  Also a term for no-limit poker. 

Texas Hold'em:  The poker game where each player gets two down cards followed by five community cardsface-up. 

Third Street:  The nickname for the third card in any game of Stud. 

Three of a kind:  A hand consisting three cards of the same rank. 

Tournament Buy-In:  The cost to enter a tournament. All buy-in money is returned to the players via the prize pool. 

Tournament Entry-Fee:  A small fee the house charges to enter a tournament. 

Trips:  A nickname for three of a kind. 

Turn:  The nickname for the fourth community card in Hold'em and Omaha. 

Two Pair:  A hand in which the player has two pairs of cards. 

Under-raise:   This occurs when a player raises a prior bet but has to go all-in to do so.  If the player under-raising … going all-in to raise … has less than ½ of the expected raise for that betting round, the betting round is locked.  The term locked here means that any player who has already acted in the round (checked, called, or raised) may no longer raise.  They may only call or fold.  However, players who have yet to act (betting has not reached them yet) may raise the expected raise for that betting round, after calling.  If the under-raise is ½ or more than the expected raise, the lock rule does not apply. 

Up Card :  A card dealt face up, so that all players may see it. 

Wheel:  A nickname for the best low hand: 5, 4, 3, 2, A.

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It's time to brush up on those all important hand rankings. Here's a list of the possible hands and how they rank, together with a short definition and, in the hope that a picture is indeed worth a thousand words.

High Card

The highest ranked card is an Ace, and the ranking runs from the Ace down through the picture cards all the way to 2.

Pair

Any two cards of the same rank, for example two 5's. The ranking of pairs mirrors that of the cards in general, so the strongest pair is a pair of Aces and the weakest a pair of 2's.

Two Pair

Two sets of cards of the same rank, for example two 5's and two Jacks.

Three of a Kind

Also called trips, this is where you have three cards of the same rank, for example three 5's.

Straight

Five cards in sequential rank order, for example 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. An ace may be used as both a high and a low card.

Flush

Five cards of the same suit, for example five diamonds.

Full House

A combination of a pair and three of a kind.

Four of a Kind

Four cards of the same rank, for example four 2's.

Straight Flush

A straight (see above) but with all the cards in the same suit.

Royal Flush

The daddy of all poker hands, a royal flush is a straight flush involving the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace.

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You don't have to know these of course, but it may help your banter in the chat room and its always good to be one up on your friends.                                                                

Pocket Rockets, Bullets, American Airlines                        

Cowboys, King Kong, Kangaroo's

Double date, Canadian Aces, Siegfried and Roy,

Jailhouse Rock

Fish hooks, Jay Birds

German virgin (Nein, Nein)

Snowmen, Two fat ladies

Sunset strip, Mullets

Route 66

Speed limit

Magnum, Sail boat

Crabs

Ducks, Pocket Swans

Big slick, Anna Kournikova

Big chick

Black Jack, Jack-ass

Royalty, Marriage

Kojak, Tucson Monster

Jackson five, Motown

Gay waiter (Queen with a Trey)

Dolly Parton (9 to 5)

Dead man's hand (A player named Wild Bill Hickok was shot
in 1876 after winning with it!)

Canine

Flat tyre

Mastering Texas Holdem Strategy is the key to success at Texas Holdem. Like all online poker players your ability to execute good strategy will determine how good you are and what sort of results you have. Given Texas Holdem is quite a simple game it is amazing how complex Texas Holdem strategy actually is.

One of the first things you need to know about it is that it is situational and thus highly malleable. Two situations which seemingly look identical will call for varying differing actions. This is why Texas Hold’em Poker Strategy is so hard to grasp and why doing well at online poker takes lots of practice.

Here we will go over basic Texas Hold’em Strategy and the different components which make it up. As a result of this you should have a better idea of how to play the game.

General Texas Holdem Strategy

But there is a lot more to Texas Holdem poker Strategy than that. If you want to do well at the online poker tables you need to have General Texas Holdem Poker Strategy down to a tee. There aren't that many games around which employ or rely on strategy as much as online poker. Failure to learn it will see you lose every time.

Generally if you want to do well at Texas Holdem Poker is to only play strong hands and do so aggressively. Be prepared to fold when you think are beat. That is really all there is to online poker and General Texas Holdem Strategy. Besides that, if you have the bottom of a straight chances are that someone has the high end of it. So if you are being raised and you don’t think they are bluffing lay it down.

Study your fellow players whenever you can. What do they do when they are late versus early? Do they bluff? If so, when? Do they go to the showdown with garbage? What are their weaknesses?

So given that what is there to General Texas Holdem Strategy that you should know?

Want to become a better player, fast? Follow these 10 tips to boost your poker performance & profits. While geared to beginner players, there's poker tips that even seasoned pros should remind themselves of once in a while.

Texas Hold'em
Texas Hold'em (usually shortened to just Holdem) is the most popular poker game. It can be played Limit, Pot Limit or No Limit, with somewhat different strategies for each. Texas Holdem is a community card game where players are each dealt two cards while sharing five common cards. The player who stays in the pot until the end and combines their cards with the community ones to make the best five card hand wins, unless no one calls in which case the only remain hand wins.

Omaha Hold'em
A community card game similar to Texas Hold'em, Omaha players get four personal cards and share five community cards. Most often played eight-or-better high-low split, Omaha is also played high only, and also can be played Limit, Pot Limit or (rarely) No Limit.

Pineapple Holdem - Crazy Pineapple
Halfway between Texas Holdem and Omaha stands Pineapple. Players are dealt three cards which they combine with five common cards -- except Pineapple requires that at players must discard one of their three cards. This occurs after the flop in Crazy Pineapple, and before the flop in "regular" Pineapple. More often than not the game is played high-low split. Pineapple is sometimes called "Watermelon" (because you "spit out the seeds").

Stud
Stud Poker has many variations. Seven Card Stud is the most popular version played in casinos, whereas Seven Card Stud High-Low is more popular in tournaments. While very popular in home card games in many forms (Baseball, Anaconda, Chicago, and many more) Stud has lost much of its popularity in casinos compared to community card games. Stud High-Low with an eight or better qualifier is the most common form of HiLo Stud in casinos, with High-Low Declare common in home games. "Q" is sometimes player in larger casino games: High Low without a low qualifier. Five Card Stud is rarely played in casinos. Too much skill is involved, so bad players lose quickly, and the game becomes tedious when played with only good players (except in tournaments). A five card stud games can be found online. Mexican Stud is a fairly popular stripped deck game. Where it is played (rarely), Sonora, no limit five card stud, has some loyal fans.

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Tips from the Bunnys                                    

• Know when to Hold’em, and know when to Fold’em!
  A key aspect to any aspiring poker player’s game is knowing when to get away from a seemingly good hand. Learn how to fold a hand, and don’t be a calling station. Many beginners keep betting regardless of the board or what their opponent’s actions are suggesting. Top players frequently say it’s the hands you can lay down that are often the key to profitable play.
• Watch your opponents carefully
  Learn to do this especially when you aren’t in a hand. Be switched on when you are at the table. Often the best time to study is when you aren’t emotionally invested in the hand, and you can make more prudent observations. Learning how your opponents play is key.
• Betting to gain knowledge
  Betting is not always because you have the best hand. Top players use various betting techniques to try to gain information. For  credibility of your opponent’s hand.
• Judging what you opponent has
  Try putting yourself in your opponents’ shoes, and learn to put them on a hand. Ask questions like “Why did he re-raise me that amount?”, and “Why did he only call in the previous betting round?” Asking yourself questions such as these will help you work out the strenexample, a defensive bet is one that you can use early on to avoid calling a bigger future bet. A re-raise may be used to probe thegth of an opponents hand.
• Bluffing opponents

  Bluffing is often a misunderstood concept and to many beginners dismay most pros use bluffs quite sparingly. A bluff can be very effective when used rarely, and where there is a seemingly low risk of being called by your opponent. Be careful though – bluffing at the wrong time against the wrong player could leave you facing an uphill battle.

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The Live the Dream Prize Package

• European Poker Tour Season 4 Grand Final ($13,000 buy-in)
• World Series of Poker Main Event ($10,000 buy-in)
• Two World Series of Poker Side Events (2 x $2,500 buy-in)
• Two World Poker Tour Season 7 events (2 x $15,000 buy-in)
• Two European Poker Tour Season 5 events (2 x $10,500 buy-in)
• Plus $21,000 in cash for expenses

Total prize package value: $100,000!