基本ルール
BASIC RULESAlmost every poker bar listed here runs No-Limit Texas Hold'em, usually alongside a Pot-Limit Omaha table or two. This page covers the shared basics — hand rankings and how a hand plays out — that apply everywhere. Specific formats, stakes, and starting stacks vary by venue and by night, so check a bar's own page (or ask staff) for what's actually running.
1. Hand Rankings
From strongest to weakest, the hand that wins at showdown:
- Royal Flush — A, K, Q, J, 10, one suit
- Straight Flush — five in a row, one suit
- Four of a Kind
- Full House — three of a kind plus a pair
- Flush — five cards of one suit, any order
- Straight — five in a row, any suits
- Three of a Kind
- Two Pair
- One Pair
- High Card
2. How a Hand of Texas Hold'em Plays Out
Each player gets two private "hole cards." Five community cards are dealt face-up in the middle, shared by everyone, across four betting rounds:
- Pre-flop — right after hole cards are dealt, before any community cards.
- The Flop — the first three community cards.
- The Turn — a fourth community card.
- The River — the fifth and final community card.
A betting round happens after each stage. The best five-card hand made from your two hole cards and the five community cards (in any combination) wins the pot at showdown — unless everyone else has already folded, in which case the last player standing wins without needing to show anything.
3. Blinds and Betting Actions
Before hole cards are dealt, two players post forced bets — the small blind and the big blind (usually double the small blind) — to seed the pot and give everyone a reason to play. These two seats rotate one position clockwise every hand.
On your turn, you have four options:
- Check — pass the action without betting (only when no one has bet yet this round).
- Bet / Raise — put chips in, or add more on top of an existing bet.
- Call — match the current bet to stay in the hand.
- Fold — give up your hand and any claim to the pot.
4. Pot-Limit Omaha, in Brief
PLO follows the same betting structure and hand rankings as Hold'em, with two differences: each player gets four hole cards instead of two (using exactly two of them, no more, no fewer, in your final five-card hand), and the maximum raise at any point is the current size of the pot, rather than your whole stack.
5. What Varies by Venue
Buy-in, starting stack, blind levels, rebuy/add-on rules, and whether a given night is a cash game or a tournament all depend on the bar and the event — see Buy-in Guide for how buy-ins work, and a venue's own page or the Tournaments listing for what's actually scheduled.