Hand rankings
What beats what, from high card to the royal flush, and the two ties that catch nearly everyone out: split pots and playing the board.
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Poker School
Start here if you are new, or skim it if you are not. Everything below is evergreen: the rules of the game do not change when a promotion ends.
The betting rounds
Preflop, flop, turn and river. What the blinds are for, what it means to be first to act, and why the last round is where the money moves.
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Position
The single largest edge available to a beginner, and the cheapest to pick up: acting last means playing with information nobody else has.
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Bankroll
How much you need behind you to play a given stake without going broke on ordinary variance. The maths is unglamorous and it is the whole game.
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Stuck on a word?
60 poker terms, defined in plain English.
The same game, in a real card room
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