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• Poker Hand Scoring
• Poker Ranking System

Get points for every high-ranking hand you’re dealt when you play Ring Games or Zoom. Score whenever your hand adds up to 20 or more. Tally-up points throughout the week and win a prize if you meet your target. Remember there’s two targets each week.

Prizes are awarded on the poker hand rankings outlined above, not on speed. We want all participants to have fun and remain safe, so please take your time on the run. Title: Microsoft Word - Poker Run Score Card Author: Beth Created Date. Standard Poker Hand Ranking There are 52 cards in the pack, and the ranking of the individual cards, from high to low, is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.

Here's how it works:

The point system we use in our game that gets 15-20 every week is 25 for first 15 for second 10 for third. We only pay three spots every week. It keeps it real simple and also assures that people who play to win are rewarded and not just people who try to last a few extra spots to earn extra points. Under this scoring system, the winner of each round must be awarded 10 points (unless there is a rule violation) while the loser of the round is awarded nine or fewer points depending on the level of dominance displayed over the course of five minutes. In the event a round has no clear winner, a judge may score a round 10-10. In a nutshell, Poker League Software is a points management tool designed to make the tedious process of points tracking, tallying and leaderboard creation into a quick and efficient process. Ditch Excel and use Poker League Software 100% Free. Get a Free Leaderboard.

1. Opt-in via your Challenges Window. You’ll need to do this each week throughout the challenge.
2. Discover your two points targets. We’ll send you this information in a Chest.
3. Score 20 points or more when you’re dealt high-ranking hands (see the scoring system below). All hands you play in the stake displayed in your Challenge window count towards the weekly targets.
4. Track your progress as you play in your Challenges Window.
5. Meet your targets and win a cash prize.

Extra cash just for playing your favourite poker games? With two chances to win a week. Don’t miss it.

Scoring System

It's simple. Once you’ve opted in, score 20 points or more when you're dealt certain hands. For example: if you’re dealt four hands consisting of 77, A9, 42 and AA, you'd get 42 points.

See our scoring system below:

Remember: all the hands you play in the stake displayed in your Challenge window count towards the weekly targets.

Terms & Conditions

This challenge runs from September 14 until October 4, 2020. Please check your Challenges Window to see the Challenges that are available to you.

• Each weekly set of two Challenges will start at 00:00 ET Monday and will expire at 23:59 ET Sunday. However, the first week Challenges will start at 10:00 ET on September 14 and will expire at 23:59 ET on September 20.
• Players will earn a cash reward when they complete first Challenge, and another cash reward when they complete the second.
• Any progress made in a given week will not be saved or transferred to the following week.
• Players must opt-in by hitting the ‘Start’ button in their Challenges Window to have their progress measured. Any hands played prior to opting-in will not count towards the Challenge. Players need to opt-in each week during the challenge.
• Players can check their score after opting-in at any time in their Challenges Window.
• This challenge can only be completed by playing Real Money NL Hold'em Ring Games or Zoom hands.
• The minimum eligible stake will be displayed in the Challenges Window and will be determined based on previous historical gameplay and preferences.
• Other game variants, hands played at Play Money tables, in heads-up games, or hands played in any other tournament format are not eligible. To earn points in a specific hand, a minimum of three players need to have been dealt into that hand. Limit tables are excluded from the challenge.
• In the case of any suspicious or fraudulent game play/behaviour, we reserve the right to exclude players from this offer.

Click here for general Terms & Conditions.

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Poker Hand Scoring

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Texas Holdem is the most popular variant of poker and the one we recommend beginners start with. Once you have a good understanding of Texas Holdem, other poker variants are quite similar and will be easier to learn.

The object of Texas Hold em poker is to create the best five-card hand using seven available cards. Each player is dealt 2 cards which only they can see and use. There are then 5 cards dealt to the middle of the table which are community cards which everybody can see and use.

Dealer Button

Once the game starts an imaginary dealer is assigned. Obviously with online poker the computer does all the dealing automatically but this nominal dealer is important as it indicates who posts the compulsory bets (known as blinds) before each hand and it also indicates who is first to act in each betting round.

The current dealer is indicated by a disc marked with a “D” known as the dealer button. At the end of each hand the dealer button moves along to the next player to the left of the current dealer and continues to move clockwise after each hand is finished.

The Blinds

In Texas Holdem there are two compulsory bets that are made before the start of each hand. These are known as the “Small blind” and the “Big blind” and ensures that there are chips to be won in every hand.

The player to the immediate left of the dealer places the small blind and the player to the left of the small blind posts the big blind.

In No Limit games the size of the blinds is set by the stakes of the table you are at. So for example at a $1 / $2 table the small blind would be $1 and the big blind would be $2.

Before The Flop – First Betting Round

Once the blinds have been posted, two cards are dealt face down to each player at the table, these are known as “hole cards”. Only the individual player can see these cards.

At this point the first betting round begins and each player must make a decision on how to act based on the strength of their hole cards. They have the following options:

1. Fold – Throw the cards away and not play in this hand
2. Call – Call the size of the big blind or highest bet if another player has raised, and take part in the hand
3. Raise – Make a larger bet than the current bet (or big blind). Any other player who wants to continue would then have to call your increased bet in order to carry on. A raise must be at least an increase the size of the Big Blind so the minimum raise would be 2 times the big blind amount. In No Limit there is no maximum to your raise, It can be your whole stack if you wish.

Action always goes clockwise on a table. On the first betting round, the first person to act is the player to the left of the big blind. Each player acts in turn until all the players have acted at the table, and the amount put into the pot by each player remaining in the hand is equal.

The Flop – Second Betting Round

After the first betting round has finished, the dealer places 3 cards face up in the middle of the table – this is known as the “Flop”. The cards in the middle of the table are called “Community Cards” as they are shared by all the players towards making their final hands.

Players can now see 5 cards (2 hole cards + 3 community cards) out of the 7 cards to come and should have good idea of how their hand is developing. At this point the second betting round begins.

In this and all subsequent betting rounds, the action starts with the first player remaining in the hand to the left of the dealer. This player can either:

1. Check – not bet anything
2. Bet – place a bet which the other players must at least call to continue in the hand. The minimum bet is the size of the big blind.

If everyone checks then this betting round ends with no-one betting. As soon as someone bets then the other players can either:

1. Fold – drop out the hand
2. Call – call the bet that has been made
3. Raise – increase the bet that has been made which the other players must then call to continue in the hand.

As in the previous betting round, the plays continues clockwise around the table until all players have called, checked or folded and the amount placed in the pot by each player still in the hand is equal.

The Turn

After the second betting round, the dealer places a 4th community card, face up on the table – this is called the “Turn card”, it is sometimes also referred to as “Fourth Street”.

After the Turn there is a third betting round, which operates in exactly the same way as the previous betting round.

The River

After the third betting round, the dealer places the 5th and final community card face up on the table – this is called the “River card”.

After the River the fourth and final betting round takes place in the same way as the previous round.

The Showdown

After the final round of betting, each player still left in the hand can use any combination of the 2 hole cards in their hands and the 5 community cards on the table to produce the best 5 card hand.

The player with the highest ranking hand wins the pot. If two or more players have the same value hand then the pot is split between them equally.

If you have not already learnt which hand is better than another then please look at our Poker Hand Ranking Guide.

Next Hand

Once the hand has finished and the pot has been awarded to the winning player, the game moves onto the next hand.

The dealer button moves to the next player on the left of the current dealer, the cards are shuffled, the blinds are posted by the next two players and the cards are dealt again.

Poker Ranking System

Where to Play Texas Holdem?

We recommend 888 Poker for a great place to play Texas Holdem. To find out more about them see our 888 Poker Review or to see alternate rooms to play Texas Holdem then see the Professor's reviews in our Poker Reviews section.