POKER GAMES

At Poker Junkies, you can enjoy all of your favorite poker games with thousands of other players twenty-four hours a day. The greatest benefit to you is that you can always find full tables in any game at just about any limit you want to play.

Here is a list of the poker games available at Poker Junkies.

TEXAS HOLDEM
Texas hold 'em (also known as hold'em or holdem) is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed by the dealer - a series of three ("the flop") then two additional single cards ("the turn" and "the river"), with players having the option to check, bet or fold after each deal, i.e. betting may occur prior to the flop, "on the flop," "on the turn," and "on the river." Texas Hold'em is the "H" game featured in H.O.R.S.E and in H.O.S.E.

In Texas hold 'em, like all variants of poker, individuals compete for an amount of money or chips contributed by the players themselves (called the pot). Because the cards are dealt randomly and outside the control of the players, each player attempts to control the amount of money in the pot based on the hand the player holds.

The game is divided into a series of hands or deals; at the conclusion of each hand, the pot is typically awarded to one player (an exception in which the pot is divided between more than one is discussed below). 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 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 which case the pot is awarded to the player who has not folded.

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

ROYAL HOLDEM
Royal hold 'em (also hold'em, holdem) is a deviation of limit Texas hold'em played without deuces through nines, leaving only the tens, jacks, queens, kings, and aces. Royal hold'em can only be played with a maximum of six players because there are only 20 cards in the deck. With 5 community cards, 3 burn cards, and 2 pocket cards per player, a six player table will use all 20 cards in the deck. The poker strategy for Royal Hold'em varies from other forms of poker since the odds of certain hands are greatly increased.

Because only five ranks are used, some of the types are not possible in Royal hold'em.

1. Royal flush: The only flush possible is the royal flush.
2. 4 of a kind
3. Full house
4. Straight
5. Two pair

Given the fact that a five-card hand is made from a choice of seven cards (2 hole cards, 5 community cards), the worst possible hand in Royal hold 'em is two Jacks and two Queens with a King kicker.

VIDEO POKER - Triple Play
Video poker is a casino game based on five-card draw poker. Triple play video poker can be exciting and often tends to magnify your wins and losses. It isn't for the faint of heart, but it's great for the big risk takers.

As you might imagine, triple play video poker is a variation of video poker that allows you to play three hands at once. In the end, your odds remain the same as playing one hand with the same pay table for three times as long. However, the potential bankroll swings are much greater. Triple play video poker is played like this.

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You are dealt three sets of five cards. Only one set is face up. From that one set, you choose the cards that you would like to hold. When you choose the cards you would like to hold, you are choosing the cards that will be held for each of the three sets of cards. For instance, let's say you decide to hold two aces from your five visible cards. You will then draw to three different hands that are each holding those exact same aces. One hand may produce a pair of aces, another may produce a full house, and another my produce 4 of a kind. This is because each hand draws from its own 52 card deck. As you can see, being dealt a bad hand initially is like being dealt three bad hands. Being dealt a great hand initially is like being dealt three great hands.