Texas Holdem also known as "Holdum", is by far the most popular online poker game in cardrooms across the web. In this game, 2 cards are dealt with their face down to each player. You have a chance to look at the cards and then a round of betting follows after the deal. Here, you are dealt with 3 more cards face up. This is called "the flop." Then follows another round of betting called the turn" which is then followed by another round called the "river." Players then make their best five-card hand using their two cards and the table’s five cards. Whoever has the highest hand is the winner.

some basic playing strategies as a guide:

• Any high pair (10, jacks, queens, kings, or aces)
• Ace - count card of any suit
• King - queen (or, possibly, king - jack) of any suit
• Queen - jack of any suit (if you are raised, fold)
• Jack - 10 of the same suit
• King - 10 of the same suit
• Pair of 9s or less
• High - Low, same suit (for example, ace - 3 of hearts)

You can always raise before the flop with a pair of Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks or tens. In fact, if someone has raised before it’s your turn to act and you have a pair of Aces, Kings, or Queens in your hand, go ahead and reraise. Reraising protects your hand by eliminating opponents thereby thinning the field. This further minimizes the chances of anyone else getting lucky on the flop.