Popular Variants

TEXAS NO LIMIT HOLD’EM (NLH)

Texas No Limit Hold’em or NLH is currently the most popular variant of poker. NLH is available on most gaming platforms with a wide selection of tables and stakes for players to choose from.

The world championship of Poker, also known as World Series of Poker – Main Event is decided over Texas No Limit Hold’em Poker

Ease of Learning
NLH is an easy game to both learn and improve at. And with a wide variety of global televised games of Texas No Limit Hold’em available online, it has been easy for players to watch and learn from the best of the game

Gameplay
To start with, the two players to the left of the button put forward forced bets called “blinds”. After 2 hole cards have been dealt to each player, action starts with the player to the left of the big blind and continues clockwise. (Players may either call, raise, or fold.) After this first round, 3 cards are dealt onto the table (called the “flop”).

These “community cards” are for all players to be able to use simultaneously to try and make the best poker hand. After another round, 1 more community card is dealt (the “turn”), followed by another round and then the final “river” community card. After one more round of, any remaining players in their hand must then show their cards. The player who has the best 5-card poker hand (comprising of any combination of their 2 hole cards and 5 community cards) wins.

 

POT LIMIT OMAHA (PLO)

Coming 2nd in popularity to poker’s most popular game is Pot Limit Omaha or PLO as it is lovingly known. In a nutshell, this game plays exactly like Texas No Limit Hold’em, but with one small difference:

  • 4 hole cards are dealt to each player when playing PLO4
  • 5 hole cards are dealt to each player when playing PLO5
  • 6 hole cards are dealt to each player when playing PLO6

 

Players still try to make the best 5-card hand as before, but in doing so must use 2 of their given hole cards and only 3 of the 5 community cards at showdown. Because players are dealt more cards at the start of each hand, making a good hand becomes much easier (or you would think so) in this game.

Ease of Learning
If you know Texas Hold’em, PLO us relatively easier to learn, as there are numerous similarities between the two. Strategically speaking, because it will be much easier to make a good hand in PLO, typically hands at showdown will be higher than those found in Texas Hold’em.

Gameplay
Action proceeds just like a hand of Texas Hold’em, with two distinct differences:

  • Players are dealt 4/5/6 hole cards instead of 2; and
  • The sizes of bets and raises are usually capped at the size of the pot

 

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