Keep in mind that this text is not a strategy guide, its purpose is to explain the general rules of poker offered at ReplayPoker. If a dispute occurs between players, the ReplayPoker management decision will be final.

Dealer

In Texas Holdem a button, also called the "dealer button" indicates who the dealer is. The dealer button moves clockwise between the players.

Blinds

Texas Holdem is played with two blinds, the "small blind" and the "big blind". Before any cards are dealt the blinds must be posted. The player to the left of the dealer posts the small blind and the next player in turn posts the big blind.

The blinds are considered as "live" bets. If you have posted a blind you are only required to make up the difference, if any, between the blind and the current bet. The players in the blinds have the option to fold, call, check or raise in turn.

Ante

Ante is similar to blinds, but instead of two players posting, every player that will play the current poker hand posts a small amount that goes into the pot, this is called Ante. Ante is almost only used in tournaments.

Royal Holdem

Royal Holdem is a version of texas holdem, played without deuces through nines, leaving only the tens, jacks, queens, kings, and aces.

Royal Holdem 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.

Texas Holdem

The player who has not folded his cards can win the pot, the winner is determined by the best poker hand.

In Texas Holdem, the players share the community cards. The players use their hole cards together with the community cards to make their poker hand. A player can only make a poker hand that has five cards in it. You may use both hole cards, one hole card or no hole card at all, in order to see which poker hand you have. If you aren't using any cards at all, you are playing with the community cards only.

Omaha

Omaha poker rules are based on Texas Holdem with these main differences:

• Players are dealt four pocket cards.
• Player MUST use two pocket cards and three community cards to make the best possible poker hand.
• There can be a maximum of 10 players.
• Each player is dealt four cards face down (the pocket cards). Then the first betting round begins.

Rounds are the same as in Texas Holdem:

• Pre Flop - Four cards are dealt to every player face down, starting with the small blind.
• The Flop - the dealer lays out the first three community cards in the center of the table.
• The Turn - A fourth card is dealt face up in the middle of the table.
• The River - A fifth and final card is dealt face up in the middle of the table.

The player with the best 5-card hand wins.

Note: you cannot Play the Board as two cards have to come from your hand. For example, the Board is 10 J Q K A. And your hand is 4 4 A 5, this means your final hand is: A A K Q 5

No Limit

No limit poker means that you can bet as much as your sitting with at the table.

Split Limit

Split Limit poker means that you can bet a fixed amount each betting round. In a 2/4 game, you can bet, raise or reraise 2 before the flop, 2 on the flop, at the turn and river card you can bet, raise or reraise 4 each round.

Pot Limit

Pot Limit poker is a game where you can bet the size of the pot plus any previous player bets or raises.

Hole cards

Each player is dealt two cards face down. They are called hole cards

Community cards

The cards dealt to the table are split into three rounds of betting, together they are called community cards.

The flop

The flop consists of three cards, these cards are dealt to the table after the first betting round is completed.

The turn

This card is dealt when the flop betting round is completed.

The river

This card is dealt when the turn betting round is completed

All-in

When a player is all-in it means that all the money he has at the table is in the pot. A player that is all-in can only win as many chips from every other player as he has put into the pot.

If other players put in more chips a side pot is created. More than one side pot can be created if several players are all-in. When you are all-in you will stay in the current poker hand until showdown. No player can ever make a single bet larger than the amount he has at the table.

Showdown

Showdown means that the players in the pot show their hole cards. Showdown can only take place when all betting rounds are complete or when a player is all in.

Normal tables

Up to ten players are allowed to play in the same game on a normal table.

Short handed tables

A short handed table is a table where there are only six player seats or less.

Server crash

In the event of a server crash, the money in the pot will be repaid to the players, all bets made by players are repaid. For example, if a player has bet a total of 15 in the pot the player will receive 15 back even if the pot is 140.