Learn the poker rules from MPC Poker

Looking to learn the poker rules? You came to the right place, because we are going to learn you all the rules of the different poker games. There are many forms of poker, but all those variations have things in common like hand rankings and the fact that there is betting, calling, raising and folding involved. First we take a look at the common poker rules, before we look into specific games like Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Stud. Learning the rules is of course important if you want to master this game. Practise though is also important to get a good grasp on the rules and to really learn them by heart. We advice you to head over to Pokerstars to create a play money account and start practising as soon as possible.

Texas Hold’em is by far the most played form of poker. If you are looking to learn how to play Texas Hold’em, head straight over to the Texas Hold’em rules.

Hand Rankings

Whether you are playing Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Stud or any other form of poker.. the hand ranking -or what beats what- are the same. In the image below you can see what beats what:

More general poker rules

In poker players gamble on the strenght of their hand relative to the hands of their opponents. The winner of a hand (one ’round of poker’) is the player with typically the highest hand (in some forms the low hand wins) or the only remaining player in a hand because all the other players have folded (i.e. ‘laid down’) their hand. And there we touched one of the key elements of poker. You don’t always have to have the best hand to win, but you can also chase away your opponents by betting like you have a better hand than them!