When Ian Fleming wrote Casino Royale in 1953 he sets James
Bond against Le Chiffre at the bacarrat table. Produced
more than 50 years later, the film has had to be updated
in many respects, and one of those has been to substitute
bacarrat for poker.
Poker has become increasingly popular over the last few
years, particularly with the advent of online gaming, although
online gambling has recently been made illegal in the United
States.
How to play Texas Hold'em
Poker has many different forms and one of the most popular,
which is played in Casino Royale, is Texas Hold'em. Texas
Hold'em is also the most popular varient of poker played in
American casinos and is played in the World Series of Poker
and World Poker Tour. It is played as follows:
- Preflop - each player is dealt two private cards followed
by a betting round
- Flop - three community cards are dealt face up followed
by a betting round
- Turn - a fourth community card is dealt followed by
a betting round
- River - a fifth community card is dealt and the final
betting round occurs
- 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
A player can fold at any time and get out of the hand,
but will lose the bet made.
More information
Ebook - Texas Holdem Poker Secrets Exposed
Poker rankings (Wikipedia)
