Texas Holdem

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The Flop - Three cards are dealt face up in the middle of the table. In this round, and in the following two rounds, the player to the immediate left of the dealer button is the first to act. Play proceeds in a clockwise manner around the table. All bets and raises must be equal to the low limit bet size.  

The Turn - A fourth card is dealt face up in the middle of the table. Play proceeds as in the previous round, except now all bets and raises must be equal to the high limit bet size.  

The River - A fifth and final card is dealt face up in the middle of the table. Play proceeds as in the previous round. All bets and raises must be equal to the high limit bet size.  

Showdown - Anyone who has not folded after the last round of betting will now have the option of showing their hand and possibly winning the pot. The person who bet last is the first to show their hand, and then it proceeds clockwise from there, with each remaining player either choosing to show their hand, or muck it. Often times a player will muck their hand if they aren't going to win the pot, and don't want their opponents to see what they played.  

In the Derby Lane Card Room, we use a slight variation on this in our Limit Holdem games.  Instead of running a small and big blind, we run one big blind of $2 that is equal to the maximum bet for that round.  Each player may then call $2, raise in increments of $2, or fold.  Also, the minimum and maximum bet for each betting round (pre-flop, flop, turn, and river) is $2 with a maximum of three raises.   

No-Limit Texas Holdem

In No-Limit Texas Holdem, the dealing procedures and combination of hole cards and flop cards are the same.  The big difference between Limit and No-Limit is in the betting.  In No-Limit, a player may bet or raise any amount up the amount of chips that they have in front of them.  In the first round of betting, each player may call the amount of the big blind, raise any amount up to the full amount of their chips (go all-in), or fold.  On the flop and each subsequent betting round, each player may check, bet any amount up the full amount of their chips, raise any amount up the full amount of their chips, or fold. 

In the Derby Lane Card Room, No-Limit is available in our tournaments, but unfortunately, not in our live-action games. 

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