Real Money Online Poker

Winning Card Combinations by Rank

There are 10 winning combinations in poker. Here’s a list of winning combinations that are ranked by value:

Royal Flush - 10, J, Q, K, A that are all the same suit. 

Straight Flush — Any combination of cards that are in numerical order with the same suit.

Four of a Kind — When a player has four of the same card in their hand. 

Full House — A combination of the same card 3x and 2x in a player’s hand.

Flush — Any combination of cards that have the same suit.

Straight — A hand that contains cards in numerical order. 

Three of a Kind — A hand containing three of the same card.

Two Pair — A hand containing any two pairs of cards.

Pair — A hand containing any pair of cards.

High Card — The most valuable card in a hand that gives the player the lowest chance of winning. 

Texas Hold'Em:

• The most common game of poker out there starts with an ante/buy-in bet for the round. All players must provide an ante if they want to play the round — meaning they don't get to see their cards before putting up some money. The big blind/small blind players will have to provide a bit more than the others around the table.
• The dealer then slides over two cards faced down to each player at the table. You have to keep these cards out of sight of the other players at the table and just see them yourself. Once you see your own cards, you can choose to fold right away, "check" (which means moving on to the next person) or raise a bet in, depending on if it's your turn to make a move. If a player is unwilling to call someone's raise, then they need to fold.
• Once all the initial bets or checks have been made, the dealer reveals three faced up cards (known as "the flop") on the table. You'll be able to see what type of hands are possible for you from here, based on the two cards you personally have and the three cards on the table. Players go around the table again and are given the chance to make bets, check or fold.
• The fourth card (or "the turn") is revealed by the dealer before another round of decisions by the live players, and then the fifth and final card (or "the river") is placed on the table. If you're still playing, there are seven cards to work with, but the two in your hand will be the main drivers of your potential win. Players can bet again after the final card is out before the remaining players have to reveal their hand to the table.
• Whoever came out with the highest hand possible wins the pot and the glory...until another round begins.

Omaha Poker:

• Each player is provided with four private/faced down cards (of "whole" cards) before five community cards are dealt faced up on the table.
• Players must use three of the community cards together with two of their private cards to create the best five-card hand. No more and no less.
• The remaining rules, including the card rankings, betting options and flow of the game are the same as in Texas Hold'Em. However, there are different variations of Omaha Poker that can change some of the pot bets and how your hand is formed — in Omaha Hi/Low, a player must create two separate hands out of the four cards they receive and the five that are on the table.

Popular Poker Games

Texas Hold’em — The most played and popular poker game that follows traditional rules. Players receive two cards to work with before the flop (first three community cards), the turn (the fourth community card) and the river (the fifth and final community card) get dealt.

Omaha High — Similar to Texas Hold’em, but players will receive four cards instead of two and will try to get the best hand possible.

Omaha Hi/Low — Players must form two hands with their four cards and combine it with the community cards (cards dealt by the dealer) to get the highest and lowest hands in order to win.