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Texas Holdem Poker

Pokers was born before some centuries. The Persians played a poker-like game called "as nas". Germans played a bluffing game called "Pochen" as early as the sixteenth century, and later the French had a version called "Poque." The French brought this game with them to New Orleans and its popularity spread. In the 1980s and 90s casinos were closing down the poker rooms in favour of blackjack and roulette. The Texas Holdem Poker is a one of the poker games. It is played with 52 card deck. In Texas Holdem poker the hand ranking is as follows: 

High Card - 50% probability or 1 to 1 A high card hand is any hand which doesn’t meet any of the hands below. 

Pair - 42% probability or 1.4 to 1 A pair is two matching cards with three distinct cards. 

Two Pairs - 5% probability or 20 to 1 Two distinct pairs. 

Three of a Kind - 2% probability or 46 to 1 Three cards of the same rank. 

Straight - 4% probability or 254 to 1 5 cards in order when all five cards are not the same suit. 

Flush - 2% probability or 508 to 1 A flush is five cards of the same suit. 

Full House - 1% probability or 693 to 1 A full house is three of a kind and a pair. 

Four of a Kind - 0.02% probability or 4164 to 1 Four cards of the same rank. 

Straight Flush - 0.001% probability or 64,973 to 1 A straight flush is five cards in order of the same suit. 

In Texas Holdem Poker when the straight is ace higher it is better know as the Royal Flush. The Texas Holdem Poker consists of blinds and four betting rounds after each dealing of the cards /Pre-Flop, Flop, Turn and River/.

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