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Throughout the beginning of the 21st century, Texas Hold'em gained in popularity. The game got its start in Robstown, Texas but the first tournaments were held in Las Vegas. During the 1960's a group of men from Texas brought the game up to Las Vegas.

The richer gamblers who frequented Las Vegas took a while to catch on to the game. The game took off once it did get into the more glamorous casinos. Numerous books have been written about it and many televised shows have been made.

The World Series of Poker is the most famous televised show about Texas Hold'em. Its first tournament was in 2003, when an online contestant, Chris Moneymaker, won a chance to play through the online game and then went on to win the entire pot. Many people were inspired to become the next to win millions from Texas Hold'em.

Texas Hold'em is a version of community poker where the players bet blind bets before the dealer hands out the first two of seven cards. After the blind bet, the other players decide if they want to ante based on what two cards they were dealt. Once all the players, who will stay in on that hand, have anted, the dealer then puts out three face up cards onto what is called the window.

The window is the place, usually in the middle of the table for all players to see, where the dealer will place all the community cards. Community cards are five of the seven that the players will use to try to make a winning hand. Each player is dealt two face down cards that are their own.

After establishing who will play each round, after the initial three of the window are laid out, the real betting begins. Each player will look at their hole cards, the two they were given in the beginning, and the three in the window to decide if they have a chance to make a good enough hand to win the round. Once they have decided if they will stay in, they bet.

The calls the players make once the first player has made his bet are to see the bet, raise the bet or fold. To see the bet, the player will bet the same amount as the original bettor's bet. To raise a bet, the player adds another amount to the original bettor's amount.

There are four chances for a player in Texas Hold'em to bet. Once before the flop, once after the flop, and one time each as the last two cards are dealt. Therefore, with these four bets and the raising of bets, the pots in this game can get large.

The game of Texas Hold'em has three different forms. The three forms are Limit Hold'em, No-Limit Hold'em, and Pot-Limit Hold'em. The limit version the bets are set amounts which are called big bet and small bet.

In No-Limit, the person to the left of the dealer starts the betting with the small blind and the next person bets the big blind. The small blind is usually half of the big blind. After each player receives their hole cards, the players who want to stay in will bet equal to the big blind.

When the last card, the river, is dealt, the final bet is made. The game ends with a showdown between the final players, if more than one player has not folded. Those players show their hands and the one with the best hand wins Texas Hold'em.

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