There are many different forms of poker available to the budding card player on the internet. These include: Texas Hold 'em, Omaha Hold 'em, Omaha hi/lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud high/low, and Five Card Stud.
The first of these, Texas Hold 'em, is by far the most popular form of poker played online. The principle behind the game is rather simple, it is where each player is dealt two cards face down - known as the pocket cards. The dealer will then deal the five community cards face up - these cards are available to all the players to help them make up their hands. The players are then free to use any of their pocket or community cards to make up their hand. The winner of the pot is the player with the best five-card hand.
Omaha and Texas Hold 'em are played in the much the same way. However, in Omaha, instead of two pocket cards face down, each player starts with four cards. The game is then played in the same way as Texas Hold 'em, with the exception of the showdown. This involves the players using only two of their pocket cards and three of their community cards in order to create the best possible hand.
Another of the games is Omaha Hi/Lo, and the premise for this game is that there are two winning hands for each game: the strongest (highest) hand and the weakest (lowest) hand, and they share the spoils of the pot.
Seven Card Stud is another of the popular poker card games played online. In this game each player is dealt two face-down cards or "hole cards", and one face-up card or "door card". The dealer then deals a further three face up cards to each player and one more face down card. The player who holds the highest five-card hand is the winner and takes the pot.
As with Omaha High-Low, in Seven Card Stud High-Low, the idea is for the players to seek the highest or lowest hand, or both.
Finally, there is Five Card Stud - in this game players are dealt one hole card and one door card. The dealer then deals out three more face up cards to each player in turn, and the result is that the player with the highest five-card stud is the winner and takes the pot.
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