Poker Games

With the popularity of poker games today it is almost necessary to know the basic poker rules of each game. Texas Holdem, Omaha, and Seven Card Stud are among the best poker games. This page has been created to provide you with links to the basic poker rule guides for many poker games to help you learn how to play poker.

Casino Poker Games

Poker Hands

This is a basic poker hand ranking chart that simply ranks the basic poker hands in order from best to worst. As the core of poker, the ranking order and power of poker hands must be known in order to complete any type of poker hand.

Texas Holdem Poker Rules

As the most popular poker game today, this is where I recommend you begin. Texas Holdem poker is a game where each player is dealt two cards face down. Players use community cards to make the best poker hand.

Seven Card Stud Poker Rules

Seven Card Stud is an age old poker game where players make an ante, receive two cards down and one card up to begin.

Omaha Poker Rules

Omaha Poker is also known as Omaha Holdem and is a hybrid version of Texas Holdem Poker. With the same basic rules, and a few changes, Omaha serves to be an exciting poker game.

HORSE Poker Rules

Not a game for amateurs. Consists of a combination of popular poker games including Texas Holdem, Omaha, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Eight or Better.

Five Card Draw Poker Rules

Five card draw is the classic game that I grew up with. Players go to war with each other by exchanging up to three (sometimes four) cards and making the best possible poker hand.

Five Card Stud Rules

Five card stud is similar to seven card stud, but not the same as five card draw. Players do not exchange any cards, and some are displayed face up.

Pineapple Poker Rules

Pineapple Poker is another hybrid version of Texas Holdem Poker. Rather than receiving only two cards, players receive three and discard one card, creating stronger starting hands.

Crazy Pineapple Poker Rules

Crazy Pineapple Poker is yet another variant of Texas Holdem Poker, and is slightly different than Pineapple Poker. Players discard their third card after seeing the flop in Crazy Pineapple Poker.

Deuce Seven Triple Draw Rules

2-7 Triple Draw is a strange game in that players compete to have the worst possible hand, which is 23457. There aren’t many places where you can play this game, but we list as many as we have found for you.

Tahoe Poker Rules

Tahoe is very similar to playing Pineapple Poker. The difference is that you do not actually discard any cards. Contrary to most belief, you can only play two or less of your hole cards at showdown.

Chicago Poker Rules

Chicago Poker is a game very similar to Seven Card Stud, except there is a pot splitting rule where the person with the highest spade takes half of the pot.

Online Poker Games

Online poker games are just like the ones you can find in a casino, except you can find more obscure poker games to play on the internet. Poker games such as Razz, Omaha, and Seven Card Stud are difficult to find in a land based poker room. However, there is no lacking of these poker games online.

If it’s high stakes poker games that you’re into, then you’ll certainly notice an increase in the availability of your favorite online poker games. The only high stakes poker game that is scarcely found online yet abundant in land based poker rooms is Badugi, which is also part of mixed games such as BOTE.

Free Poker Games

Almost any poker game can be played for free on the internet. These free poker games include the typical games such as Texas Holdem, Omaha, and Seven Card Stud but include other games like Razz and Draw Poker.

Play Poker Games

It is easy to play poker games online. Anybody can play free poker games, but you have to be at least 18 years of age if you want to play for real, depending on your local laws.

Download Poker Games

Both a PC and Mac poker player can download poker games. Every online poker room has a Windows poker download. However, there are only a handful of online poker rooms that provide Mac download poker games. Instead, most poker rooms offer what is called “instant play” software, which uses Java of Flash.

We recommend checking out our full list of online poker rooms if you are on a Windows PC or our Mac poker rooms if you are on a Mac.

Other Resources

In case we weren’t able to effectively explain the poker rules in which you were looking for, we recommend that you read these poker rules in order to gain a full understanding of the game. I also recommend that you read the poker game rules and basic poker terms in order to familiarize yourself with the game before playing.