Poker is considered to be interesting as well as quite challenging game. In movies, poker is shown as the game where lots of men are sitting with cigars and playing with very serious faces. In reality, the game is not that difficult, but still every player should know the rules and the strategies in order to enjoy the gaming process.

Live poker rooms

Poker is a very popular casino game and lots of poker tables form the so called poker rooms. Poker can be played in land-based casinos as well as in online mode. However, many players were cautious about playing online because they were insecure of the game fairness due to the number generator involved in the game.

With the development of the internet technologies, online casinos rose to the next level, as new online live casinos appeared. What is that? Live online casino is an online casino but with live dealer and real-time gaming process. Players are offered the usual comfort of online gaming alongside with live video stream, live dealer, live participants and ability to communicate with others through live chat window.

Live online casinos are the breakthrough in gaming industry and online business! Players are completely satisfied with that service as they get the ability to play from home but in fact in land casinos, as the web cameras are installed in real land casinos and you can see everything which is going on there.

Poker is one of the most frequently played games in live online casinos. People love live online poker rooms as they allow players to feel more relaxed.

Poker ranking hands

The main idea of the game is to get the highest ranking hand in order to win the money. The winner must outrank the other players' hands. It is very difficult to receive the highest hand rank.

Each card in the deck has its value: the Ace has the highest value, the two has the lowest. Let's put all the cards in the increasing order: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K, A.

Each player is handled 5 cards and they may create different combinations:

Royal Flush Royal Flush is the combination of the cards of the highest value of the same suit. For example:
Straight Flush Straight Flush is the combination of the cards of the same suit that are in numerical order. For example:
Four of a kind Four of a kind is the combination of the 4 cards of the same value with the fifth card of any other value. For example:
Full House Full house is the combination of the three cards of the same value and two other cards of different value. for example:
Flush Flush is the combination of five cards of the same suit no matter the value of the cards. For example:
Straight Straight is the combination of cards in consecutive numerical order, no matter the suit. For example:
Three of a kind Three of a kind is the combination of three cards with the same value with other two cards. For example:
Two Pairs Two pairs is the combination of two sets of cards, each consists of two cards of the same value, with any other card. For example:
One Pair One pair is the combination of the two cards of the same value with any other three cards. For example: