The beginning of Texas Hold'em

It can be said that poker is basically a game of competing the hand strength of oneself and the opponent. But if you can make your opponent fold, you can win regardless of the strength of your hand, so it can also be said that this is a bluffing psychological warfare game. The number of victories and defeats is not very important. The overall strategy of how to win more chips and minimize losses in the event of defeat is more important. Predict the hand strength of other players based on the number of chips bet, and determine the number of chips you bet. In the game, in order to deceive the opponent, you can deliberately surprise or lie. In the actual game, you can also judge the opponent's hand strength and decide your own strategy by reading the opponent's facial expressions.

The ways of playing poker are ever-changing, and there are more than 100 well-known ways to play. Among them, as a kind of flop, Texas Hold'em is the most popular way of playing poker at present.

Texas Hold'em started in Lobbs Town, Texas at the beginning of the 20th century. It is said that in order to kill time, the locals invented a poker game that can be played by many people at the same time. So Texas Hold'em was born. In 1925, Texas Hold'em was first introduced to Dallas, Texas, and later to Las Vegas. Since then, Texas Hold'em has been carried forward.

The "World Series of Poker" (WSOP) with no-limit Texas Hold'em as its main event has been an annual event since it landed in the United States in the 1970s. More and more people have a better understanding of Texas Hold'em. It is also a sign that Texas Hold'em has begun to become popular on a large scale. Through TV, the media broadcasts various live international competitions, especially the spread and propaganda on the Internet. In the United States, when someone says that he is playing a game of poker, he is mostly playing Texas Hold'em. Texas Hold'em is favored by chess and card enthusiasts from all over the world because of its characteristics of being easy to learn but difficult to master. It is a poker game.

The World Series of Poker (World Series Of Poker for short WSOP) is a poker tournament with no-limit betting on Texas Hold'em as the main event. Since it entered the United States in the 1970s, the tournament has been played in major casinos in Las Vegas. Among them, the champion contest has the highest prize amount, the largest number of participants, and the most grand competition. Sports TV channels all over North America have live broadcasts. This event can fully reflect the popularity and development trend of Texas Hold'em in North America.

Texas Hold'em is easy to learn, basically all players can master the basic game rules and simple skills within ten minutes, but to become a winner of Texas Hold'em, you can’t just rely on luck, and you needs players’ wisdom and continuous practical training. Therefore, Texas Hold'em is also known as a classic poker game of "learning for a while, mastering for a lifetime".

In Japan, a game called closed poker is played, but it is often played with the wrong rules. The Japanese gameplay is that only one bet (chip bet) is made after the card is changed, and in the bet made after card change, the player will decide whether to quit the game according to his hand. So the strategy is poor.

With rules like where bets are only placed after the card is exchanged in Japan, there is no bargaining opportunity and some fun is lost, so the popularity of orthodox Texas Hold'em is very important.