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- CardLorePlain-language guides to poker and classic card games: how each game is dealt, how betting works, what the hands rank, a…
- Card Game GuidesEight card games explained from the deal to the showdown: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Stud, Draw, Blackjack, Rummy, Hearts and…
- Table TopicsThe ideas that cut across every card game: hand rankings, betting rounds, table position, pot odds, etiquette, bankroll…
Card game guides
- Texas Hold'emTwo private cards, five shared cards, four betting rounds. The game that defines modern poker.
- Pot-Limit OmahaFour private cards, but you must use exactly two of them. Bigger hands, bigger pots.
- Seven-Card StudNo shared cards at all. Three down, four up, and a memory test on every street.
- Five-Card DrawFive cards, one chance to swap, two rounds of betting. The oldest poker most people know.
- BlackjackBeat the dealer without passing 21. One decision at a time, with a fixed house routine on the other side.
- Gin RummyCollect runs and sets, shed the leftovers, and knock before the other player does.
- HeartsA trick-taking game you win by losing. Every heart costs a point and the Queen of Spades costs thirteen.
- SpadesBid what you can win, then win exactly that. Spades are always trump and overbidding is punished.
Table topics
- Poker Hand RankingsTen hands, strongest to weakest, plus the tie-break rules that decide most showdowns.
- Betting Rounds and Bet TypesFive actions, one order of play, and the rules that decide how much you may put in.
- Table PositionThe same cards are worth more when you act last. This is why.
- Pot Odds and OutsCount the cards that help you, compare them to the price of the call. No advanced maths needed.
- Tournaments and Cash GamesSame cards, different clock. One format you can leave whenever you like; the other ends when the chips do.
- Table EtiquetteThe unwritten rules that keep a game moving, and the ones dealers will actually correct you on.
- Bankroll BasicsDecide what the game may cost you before you sit down, not after.
- Card Game GlossaryEvery term used across this site, defined once, in alphabetical order.
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