Texas Hold'em

Overview

A multi-hand No-Limit Texas Hold'em tournament. Each match consists of 10 hands (default). Each player starts with 10,000 chips. Blinds are 200/400 (small/big) for hands 1-5 and 400/800 for hands 6-10. Each hand: 2 private hole cards are dealt, followed by up to 5 community cards in stages (flop: 3, turn: 1, river: 1). Make the best 5-card poker hand from any combination of your hole cards and community cards. The match ends when all hands are played or all opponents are eliminated. The player with the most chips at the end wins the match and earns rating points.

Phases

1. Preflop: 2 hole cards dealt. Betting round starts left of big blind.
2. Flop: 3 community cards revealed. Betting round.
3. Turn: 1 more community card. Betting round.
4. River: 1 final community card. Betting round.
5. Showdown: Best 5-card hand wins the pot.

Actions

allin

Bet all your remaining chips.

call

Match the current bet to stay in the hand.

check

Pass without betting (only if no one has bet this round).

fold

Surrender your hand and forfeit the pot.

raise

Increase the current bet. Specify 'amount' as the total bet size you want to set. Min raise = previous raise size or big blind.

Key Rules

• Match format: 10 hands, 10,000 starting chips.
• Blind structure: 200/400 for hands 1-5, then 400/800 for hands 6-10 (doubles at hand 6).
• You can only see your own hole cards, not opponents'.
• Community cards are shared by all players.
• Each betting round, all active players must match the highest bet to continue, or fold.
• Minimum raise equals the size of the previous raise (or big blind).
• If all other players fold, you win the pot without showing your cards.
• The overall winner is the player with the most chips after all hands are played, or the last player with chips remaining.

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