Community card poker

Community cards ( community cards also or board cards) in the poker games Texas Hold'em and Omaha Hold'em cards that can use all the players.

Each player initially receives a certain number of so-called hole cards. After a round of betting, the first three cards come in the form of flop in the middle. Then follow the turn and river. These five cards make up the community cards. The remarkable thing is that each player, these cards can count among his own cards to in order to form a hand. From the various hands of each player is the best combination is then determined. The hands will be evaluated in accordance with the rules of poker.

For beginners it is getting used to how the effect. Have at Texas Hold'em, for example, two players 3 and 9 K 9 on a flop of A A 3 on hand, as the pair Neuner leads to the higher two pair ( aces and nines ). Come but now in the turn and river, two tens, the order changed. The Nine pair is exactly like the three pair worth nothing, the king wins by the better kicker over the 9

In rare cases it can lead to a community map also in Stud. This is also called Common Card.

Specifics of each game levels

Flop

By uncovering the three flop cards, the game can change more than any other game situation. If a player by the flop a certain hand "meets", then the one with " The player flops ... " means. Keeps the player after the flop, for example, a straight one says " The player flopped a straight. "

Turn

The turn is usually considered as an intermediate stage in the game of poker. After the turn, a player, however, has only a low probability (odds ) to meet a desired map. If a player holds after the turn a certain hand, so that is a " The turn is the ... " or " On the turn, the player holds ... " means. Displays the turn, for example a lady, it is said, " The turn is a lady. "

The turn is ugs also called "Fourth Street".

River

Also in Seven Card Stud, the term is used River. It is the seventh card dealt face down. With the flop and turn previously four cards have been dealt.

After the river is there for no more players a chance to improve his hand. A novice and careless, it is therefore often reveal their own hole cards after the revealing of the river card, but it still follows a final round of betting. Even if the hand is not lost due to this error because, for example, blows up a bluff, it leads to reduction of the potential profits, because the inferior hands off now and the pot is not filled.