Where and when poker actually invented is disputed. The modern variant of poker teaches, however, have their roots in New Orleans and the early 1800s. Today, poker is the world's most popular card game and thanks to the Internet is increasing in popularity exponentially.

The format of poker varies almost indefinitely and the various game variants go by the more or less fanciful names. However, there are a lot of common features of poker. All poker is about betting. The goal is to get the best hand from the cards you have access to. In all poker games have the same value to give different combinations of cards. Highest hand is in every game with a Royal Flush, the lowest hand is a pair.

In the original poker has nothing but black cards. There are cards that each player has for themselves and do not appear for the other players. There is also a poker game with community cards face up on the table. Stud Poker has become very popular recently and is a variation of poker that requires both the open and face down cards.

Another common feature is that it is often equal parts tactics that turn as regards to winning at poker. The trick is to play well and to be able to read their opponents. The rules are quite simple, but to be a winner in poker is much more complicated. In many poker games you have to, regardless of the cards in your hand, get other players to lose by pure psychology. It is as deserving of a good poker face and not the least of a good game strategy.

There are different types of Online Poker Games, few of the:

Texas Hold'em Poker

Texas Hold'em is the most popular card game in the world. The rules are easy to learn but as poker pros, it takes a lifetime and thousands of hands to really master the game. To start the game round to get all the players two hole cards. Five community cards are then dealt in the middle of the table. All players must use these cards and their hole cards to form the best five-card hand possible.

There are different variations of Texas Hold'em. Limit Texas Hold'em has a bet limit for each game and each round of betting. No Limit Hold 'em is not the rule. The players can always bet all their chips. In Pot Limit Texas Hold'em is the maximum bet the number of chips at the moment is in the pot. Mixed Texas Hold'em is the poker game alternates between Limit and No Limit every other round.

Omaha Poker

Omaha has evolved from Texas Hold'em and becomes more and more popular in Europe and USA. Each player is dealt four hole cards which they can use along with the five community cards to create the best poker hand possible. Unlike Texas Hold'em, each player only use two hole cards and three community cards to form the best five-card hand.

Omaha players who are hungry for bigger pots so there are different types of Omaha called Hi Lo poker. Hi Lo rules are the same as regular Omaha, except that the pot is split between the best and worst hand in hand.

In Limit Omaha Hi Lo bets a specific limit in each game and each round of betting. In Pot Limit Omaha Hi Lo player can not bet more than the value of the current pot. In No Limit, Hi Lo, players can bet all their chips. Finally, Mixed Omaha Hi Lo poker game means that toggles between Limit and Pot Limit during the game.

Other poker games

In addition to Texas Hold'em and Omaha, there are many other types of poker games that are becoming increasingly popular both at home games and major tournaments like the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Here are some of the most popular poker games and their variations:

Stud - Each player gets a combination of open and hidden cards. There are several betting rounds. The most common stud poker variants are Seven Card (Seven-card stud) and five-card stud (Five-card stud).

Draw - A game where players receive five cards and then try to improve your hand by pulling / buy new cards. The most common draw poker variant is five-card draw poker (Five-card draw).

HORSE - This poker game combines Hold'em, Omaha Hi Lo, Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Eight-or-better, which together form HORSE Each game type played a specific number of hands, then change it.

Razz - Razz is a type of stud poker. Instead of forming the highest hand, players try to get the best five-card hand using as low a minimum. Best hand in Razz is 5-4-3-2-A, also known as "wheel" (in English "The Wheel").