Online Gaming: Most Popular Poker Games

16.01.2008

In the world of online gaming, Poker is by far a house favorite. In fact this has become so widely popular on the internet, that special poker sites have been set up that devote themselves exclusively to poker and poker games.
Some of the most popular forms of poker games available on the Internet include Omaha Poker, Five Card Draw, Stud and even HORSE, although the latter is a combination of card games like Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Stud and Razz.

Apart from offering players the opportunity to earn millions of dollars from the various games and poker tournaments that are hosted online by these sites, the poker halls and the online casinos also grant special bonuses and promotional offers even when a player signs up with them!
Some of the popular poker games are as follows:

Texas Hold'em

Currently, Texas Hold’em is the most popular poker game on the Internet today and has millions of gamers hooked to it. In this game, the game play works like this: each player is initially dealt two cards face down. This presents the opportunity to either bet or fold. Once the players have placed their bets at the table, five community cards are placed face up on the table allowing the players to see them and make selections to form a hand of the best five cards available. The player with the best hand wins.

Omaha

Omaha is another poker game that is of many types such as Omaha High and Omaha Low. This game is mostly popular among European players. In this game, each player is dealt four cards face down and five community cards face up on the table. In order to win a hand, a player has to make a hand of the five best cards picking two from the face down cards and three from the community cards.

Draw Poker

This is one of the simplest versions of poker where a player has to make a hand of the five best cards from the complete hand of cards that has been dealt to him. Players are also allowed to change their hands after the first round of betting ends.

Stud

Stud involves several rounds of betting. The players are dealt a combination of face down and face up cards with which they have to make a winning hand. The hand of the best five or the best seven cards is the winner.

Horse

Horse is a variation of poker that is a blend of other poker games like Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Razz and Stud. All these four types of poker are played in a single game of Horse. Therefore it is essential to know these games before you try your hand at Horse.