POKER-Game of the rich

Not very popular in the olden days, Poker has now gained popularity among the rich and celebrated people of the society poker like any other card games is the kin of solitaire and hearts which we find in our computers, but with a twist.

How is poker different from the other card games?

       Poker involves betting or pledging something. If you lose, you lose the game as well as the bet. Betting can be done on anything, be it money or word of mouth. Player can raise his bet value if he wishes to in the middle of the game but cannot decrease the bet amount or recall the bet. 

How is it played?

       In the last few decades poker has evolved so much that you can find many ways to make the game as interesting as possible. Some of which include Texas holdem rule, Omaha rule, 7 card stud rule etc. Betting takes place per round in clock-wise direction, with every player matching the bet or raising the bet against that of the previous player.

       At the end of each round, all the bets are collected at the centre of the poker table called as the pot. This goes on till a show-down at the end of each player matching the bets of the previous player. A player can also win the game pot, if there is no player who is willing to call the bet he has placed, in which case, there is no tally of the cards to identify the largest hand between competing players. In this case, the player who has raised the bet automatically wins the pot without the show of any cards. 

Only for the rich?

       Though considered as a richmans’ pastime this game is also very popular with the younger lot and in Indian households it is a means to rejuvenate during important festival togethers.

Online Poker is picking up as a trend in India. Pokabunga.com is the first website in the country to launch online poker for the younger generation that is increasingly taking to poker. Poker is one of the largest money-winning sports world-wide and many websites are now trying to promote the spirit of this sport now in India. www.pokabunga.com is the front-runner in this effort.

On www.pokabunga.com, you can play with fun cash money as well as real cash money on the most popular variant of poker which is the Texas Hold’em Poker. Texas Hold’em poker uses two hole cards with each player and five community cards divided across four rounds of betting, the pre-flop, Flop, Turn and River. The best hand-set of five cards is used to declare the winner.

 So, the next time when your friend challenges you to bet something ask him/her out for a game of Poker on www.pokabunga.com. Happy Playing!