dealing.

If you are not too skilful at dealing or lack confidence, don't worry as many players will be the

same. Just relax and take your time, rather than rushing into any mistakes.

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facedown on the table and mixing them up. This method is known as a ‘chemmy’ and is used by

most professional dealers (despite the fact it might not look as good as riffling). If you are not

confident about shuffling then simply use this method as it is actually more effective than any

more difficult shuffling techniques. Adding in a few normal shuffles is preferable but fancy riffles

(halving the deck and performing an interlocking shuffle) are not necessary unless you feel

confident enough.

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where one cut of the pack is required. The cutting card should be used with the top half of the

deck being placed onto the cutting card and the remainder of the pack going on top.

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cards out slightly on the table, and slide the top cards one at a time along the surface of the table

(in a similar fashion to how blackjack dealers use a dealing shoe). With one hand the dealer

keeps his/her index finger on the top of the spreadout

deck and with the other hand, the top card

is slid onto the table and pushed to the appropriate player. The cards will not leave the surface of

the table, reducing the chance of a card accidentally flipping over, thus causing a misdeal. If

dealing whilst holding the deck in one hand (in the more common manner) then keeping the cards

low will help to ensure players do not catch a glimpse of someone else’s card as it is being

dispatched. Also, if dealing to a player at the far end of the table, don’t try to throw them too far as

this will inevitably lead to an upturned card. Dealing them to within a comfortable distance is

safer, where they can be reached or passed down the table to the appropriate player(s).

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that every remaining player has acted, and that the betting round has finished. Remember to

always burn one card (place one card facedown) before dealing out the flop, and then one more

before the turn and a final burnt card before the river card. The burnt cards must be left facedown

next to the board cards, separate from the mucked (previously folded) cards.

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and no further betting can take place, then all remaining

players must turn their cards over before the remaining community cards are shown. If two or

more players still have chips in front of them, then a sidepot

is created and placed in front of the

player who is already allin

before betting continues between the remaining players. If play in a

hand continues until the final betting round, ALL remaining players must show their hand (this rule

only applies to tournaments and is to prevent collusion).

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them and then collect the bets into a central pot once the betting round is finished. If all bets are

thrown into the middle of the table, then it is easy to forget who owes what, or how much a raise

was (and you have to backtrack to work it out).