Texas hold 'em
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This is the most popular community card game today. Each player is dealt two private “hole” cards, after which there is a betting round. Then three community cards are dealt face up (in no particular order or pattern) to form the “flop”, followed by a second betting round. A fourth community card (the “turn”) is followed by a third betting round, a fifth community card (the “river”) and the fourth and final betting round. At showdown, each player plays the best five-card hand he can make using any five cards among the two in his hand and the five on the board. This is the key difference from Omaha hold ‘em; the player may use both, one, or none of his hole cards in the final hand (though generally a player only wins by holding at least one hole card that completes or improves a hand on the board).
Double-board hold ‘em
For double-board hold ‘em, two separate five-card boards are dealt, and the high hand using each board takes half of the pot. For example, after the first betting round, three community cards are dealt to each of two separate boards; after the second round, another community card is dealt to each board; and before the final round, a fifth community card is dealt to each board (so there will be in total ten community cards, comprising two separate five-card hold’em boards). It is possible for one player to have the best hand on both boards and thus “scoop” the entire pot.
This variant of Texas hold ‘em is sometimes called “double-flop hold’em”, which is a bit of a misnomer, since there are not just two flops, but also two turns and two rivers.
Double Hold ‘em (also known as Double Texas Hold’em)
Double Hold’em plays in four stages, each with a betting round; 1) each player is dealt 3 hole cards, 2) there’s a flop where 3 board community cards are simultaneously opened and each player establishes a middle common card that plays with each of the other cards, but the outer cards don’t play with each other (each player has two 2-card hands), 3) a fourth turn community card is opened, and 4) a fifth river community card is opened. After the final a betting round, the pot is disbursed to the hand’s winner or winners in instances of a tie.
No River hold’em
Players are dealt three hole cards instead of two with three betting rounds: pre-flop, flop and turn. Players can use any number of hole cards to make the final hand.
Royal hold ‘em
Royal hold ‘em is a hold ‘em variation in which the deck only contains tens, jacks, queens, kings and aces.
The poker strategy for Royal hold ‘em varies from other forms of poker since the odds of certain hands are greatly increased.
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