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How to Use Poker Flash Cards™
for Texas Hold 'Em

Poker Flash Cards can be used as traditional flash cards where you learn the odds and strategies of making any hand combination through repetition. As flash cards, you read the question first, attempt to figure out the answer and then turn the card around to see if you got it right. You repeat this process over and over again with each card until you begin to memorize the answers. As you familiarize yourself with the situations, you can use the cards in an actual game of Texas Hold 'Em. As you play, you will encounter the scenarios that are covered by the questions printed on the cards. As you play, the cards will act to reinforce your knowledge and enable you to internalize the odds and strategies.

How to Play Texas Hold 'Em

Each player is dealt two cards face down. There is a round of betting. The dealer then deals three cards ('the flop') face up in the center of the table - these are community cards that are shared by all the players. After the flop, there is another round of betting. The dealer then deals another community card face up ('the turn'). There is another round of betting. Then the dealer turns a final community card face up ('the river'). There is a final round of betting, followed by a showdown. Each player makes his best five card poker hand, using any combination of his two face down cards and the five community cards on the table.

On each round of betting, the person to the left of the dealer is the first to act. Before the flop, this person must post the little blind and the person to his left must post the big blind. The player to the left of the big blind must call, raise or fold the bet. There are no blind bets on subsequent betting rounds. After each hand, the button ('dealer position'), moves one space to the left, and the obligation for the respective blinds does as well.

How to Calculate Pot Odds

When considering any play in Texas Hold 'Em, knowing the odds is the key to making money. If there is $50 in the pot, and it will cost you $10 to call a bet, then the pot odds you are receiving are 5 to 1 (the pot is laying you 5 to 1). You stand to win $50 from your $10 investment. If the odds against making your hand are better than 5 to 1, then you are in a favorable situation. If the odds against making your hand are 4 to 1 against, you will hit your hand 1 time out of every 5 tries. If all of your calls have a positive expectation, you will take down the money in the long run. After using Poker Flash Cards, you'll know the odds for every situation. Just consider the amount it will cost you to call versus the amount in the pot. If the odds against making your hand are better than the pot odds, you've got a favorable situation.

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