How to Play Poker Videos

Guide Note

Poker is a popular card game, whose rules and strategies can be intimidating to the untrained. These How to Play Poker Videos will help you play your best the next time you have an opportunity to join a game. For more in depth information, see Mahalo's Guide to How to Play Poker.

Fast Facts

1. Approximately 65,000,000 Americans play poker
2. Many players first learn Five-Card Draw
3. Richard Nixon allegedly financed his run for Congress with poker winnings
4. First World Series of Poker: 1970

Rank of poker hands, in descending order:

1. Royal flush
2. Straight flush
3. Four of a kind
4. Full house
5. Flush
6. Straight
7. Three of a kind
8. Two pair
9. One pair
10. High card

1. Texas Hold 'Em
2. Omaha Hi
3. Omaha Hi-Lo
4. Omaha 8 or better
5. Seven card stud
6. Seven card stud 8 or better
7. Five card draw