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40 tables
4097 San Pablo Avenue
510-653-4456
2 3 5 NLH. $100-500 buy-In.
1 1 2 NLH. $40-200 buy-In.
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Oaks wrote on the message board: > Limit Hold'em Poker (Holdem) > > The goal of Hold'em Poker is to win the betting pool or pot with the > highest ranking five-card poker hand attainable out of the seven (two > personal and five community cards) available. Traditional Poker Hand > rankings apply. > > Holdem is a game played with a standard 52 card deck. > Holdem involves an individual player receiving two uninterrupted > cards dealt face down followed by a round of betting. > Then, three community cards are turned face up in the center of > the table and followed by a second round of betting. > At this point, each player has a total of five cards, two personal > cards dealt face down and three exposed community cards which he or > she shares with the other active players at the table. > Two additional community cards are then dealt face up, one at a > time, next to the initial three cards with a round of betting > following the delivery of each of these cards. > After the fifth and final card has been dealt, the final betting > round takes place. > > All Holdem games employ a House Dealer. > All Holdem games utilize a Dealer Button to represent the player > at the table who, in theory, is dealing the hand. The Dealer Button > moves clockwise around the table to the next player after the > completion of each hand. > The player with the Dealer Button is the last to receive cards on > the initial deal and has the right of last action on all betting > rounds except the first. > In Holdem, two blind bets are used to start the action and > initiate play. Blinds are posted by players who sit in consecutive > order from the Dealer Button. > Action is initiated on the first betting round by the player on > the immediate left of the last blind. > On all subsequent betting rounds the action is begun by the first > active player clockwise from the button. > All blinds are "live", meaning the player with a blind has the > option of raising the pot when the action reaches him even if there > has been no previous raise.
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