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Official Poker Rules

Welcome to Official Poker Rules Page

Welcome to NeverwinPoker.com's guide for beginners on how to play Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven-Card Stud; the four most popular forms of poker today. Included, you will also find a guide explaining how to play all of these games Pot-Limit and No-Limit style.

The following pages illustrate the betting procedures, the order of action, when the hand starts and ends, and much more. We also define many common poker terms such as blinds, button, position, all-in, fold, raise, check, bet, call, etc.

Poker Hand Ranking

Almost every style of poker uses a standard single 52 card deck, although the majority of games remove the jokers from play. The hand ranking for Texas Holdem is as follows:

Royal Flush > Straight Flush > Four of a kind > Full House > Flush > Straight > Three of a kind > Two Pair > One Pair > High Card

List Of Poker Games

  • Texas Hold'em Poker Rules - Most Popular Poker Game in the World. Almost all Online Poker rooms supports this type of poker game.
  • Omaha High Poker Rules - Second most popular Poker Game. There are many rooms where you can play or practice Omaha High Poker
  • Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or Better) Rules - Another Omaha type that is very popular Poker Game. There are many rooms where you can play or practice Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or Better) Poker
  • Seven/7 card stud Poker Rules - Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. Until the recent increase in popularity of Texas hold 'em, seven-card stud was the most popular poker variant in home games across the United States, and in casinos in the eastern part of the country.
  • Five/5 card stud Poker Rules - This is earliest form of the card game, stud poker, originating during the American Civil War, but is less commonly played today than many other more popular poker games - clear from its absence from the World Series of Poker.
  • Crazy Pineapple Poker Rules - Tired of plain old Texas Hold'em? Try this variation to the game, Pineapple Poker, or "Crazy Pineapple." Pineapple poker is almost identical to Hold'em so first make sure you know the rules to Texas Hold'em, because this game starts out different... but ends up the same.
  • Crazy Pineapple, Eight or Better Poker Rules - Crazy Pineapple is usually played high-low split, 8-or-better. A player may use any combination of two holecards and the five boardcards for the high hand and another (or the same) combination for the low hand.
  • Double Flop Hold'em Poker Rules - Double flop Hold'Em poker is a variation of Texas Hold'em where you deal out two separate boards or community cards. Each player is still dealt out two hold cards to make their hands, but they will get to make two seperate hands to play, one for each set of community cards.
  • Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Poker Rules - Continuing with the trend of games to call at a home poker game that 1) are played for low and 2) will confuse your fellow players, why don't you try out Deuce-to-seven Triple Draw? It's like five-card draw, only with much more action and much, much more pain.
  • Ace to Five Triple Draw Variant Poker Rules - Any game above can be played with two or three draw phases and therefore three or four betting rounds.
  • Kill Game Poker Rules - Sometimes a fixed-limit game is played as a kill game. Such a game is played with an additional blind, called the kill blind. The kill blind can be posted from any position at the table.
  • Heads-up Poker Rules - Heads up poker is a variation of poker for players who crave fast, intense action.
  • Strip Poker Rules - If you like poker and you enjoy getting naked, this is probably the game for you.
  • Razz Poker Strategy

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