In standard texas hold’em a round of betting occurs after each deal. So the hand stages look like this:Ī round of betting before the flop is dealt - or pre-flopĪ second round of betting after the flop (the first three community cards) has been dealtĪ third round of betting after the turn (the fourth community card) has been dealtĪ final round of betting after the fifth community card, the river, has been dealt The 5 community cards are dealt in order of flop (3 cards), turn (1 card) and river (1 card). 5 ‘community cards’ are then dealt face up on the table, and you must make the best possible hand using any 5 of the 7 cards available to you using the hand rankings above. In the traditional texas hold’em game you are dealt 2 cards face down (these are called your ‘hole cards’). If you are unfamiliar with standard texas hold em poker, you may not know how poker hands progress.
