The state of Texas claims that Robston, Texas is the game’s birthplace. Popular folklore has the game created in the early 20th Century, by Blondie Forbes, a road gambler. The origins of the name “Texas Holdem” are obscure. Betting rounds are where strategic decisions are made. At showdown, each player makes the best five-card poker hand they can from any combination of their hole cards and the community cards.Īs with all poker games, rounds of betting break up the sequence of play. All active players share the community cards, starting with the flop (three cards), then the turn, and then the river. In Texas Hold’em, each player gets two cards (their “hole cards”). With so much popularity surrounding the game, it’s no wonder that players the world over are interested in learning how to play the game. Doyle Brunson went so far as to dub Texas Hold’em “the Cadillac” of poker in his book Super/System. The WSOP Main Event is a no-limit Texas Hold’em tournament, as are all the WPT TV final tables. Texas Hold’em is the best-known and most popular form of poker.