Holdem Poker Rules

If you want to start playing poker online you should know a few basic things about poker.
There are multiple poker games offered by poker rooms like: Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi Lo, 7 Stud, Razz and some other games which are not very different in concept.
This article will go through the basic rules of Texas Holdem so that you will know how the game is played.
Texas Holdem is a card game which can be played anywhere if there are at least 2 players.
1.) A shorthanded table is a table with 6 players maxim, heads up consists in a table with 2 players and full table is a table with 9 players.
2.) At every table you will see a dealer button in front of the person who makes the cards, this means that, that person will be last to act in that hand
3.) The first 2 persons after the dealer button will need to contribute to the pot with an amount of money called blind before seeing their cards, and are called small blind(1/2 from big blind) and big blind.
4.) After you receive your cards if you want to participate in a hand you need at least to pay the amount of the blind or make a raise.
5.) The blinds represent the amount of money you need to pay after you see your cards, if no one has raised if you want to stay in the hand. In a tournament the blinds are increased constantly from the time established at the beginning, but in a cash game the blinds are constant.
6.) A poker hand consists from 5 cards. You will have to choose the best 5 cards from those 2 from your hand, which only you can see and the 5 community cards which are the same for everyone.
7.) In a poker hand there are 4 betting rounds. The first betting round happens after everyone receives their 2 cards and is called preflop bet. The next betting round happens after the first three community cards are shown(called flop), third betting round takes place when the forth community card(called turn) is shown and the last betting round takes place after the fifth community card(river) is shown.
8.) The winner of a hand will be the person who will be last in the hand if others players fold or the player who will have the best 5 cards from those 7.
9.) Showdown represents the moment after the last betting round when the players in the hand show their hand and the winner is established.