Texas hold ’em (also known as Texas holdem, hold ’em, and holdem) is one of the most popular variants of the card game of poker. Two cards, known as hole cards, are dealt face down to each player, and then five community cards are dealt face up in three stages. The stages consist of a series of three cards (“the flop”), later an additional single card (“the turn” or “fourth street”), and a final card (“the river” or “fifth street”). Each player seeks the best five-card poker hand from any combination of the seven cards: the five community cards and their two hole cards.
Texas Hold’em is not like ordinary Draw Poker where you can discard and change cards. The gameplay of Texas Hold’em is more similar to Stud Poker. Players’ hand cards are fixed and can only be made through their own bets. Influence other players and predict possible hands by observing other players’ bets. For players, the goal of the game should not be to win a single bonus, but to make the right decision based on mathematics (probability theory) and psychology. Because in this way, when the expected return value is positive, the average benefit of each round can be maximized, and the total amount of money won will be more than the money lost in the long run. ( 資料來源 )
