Texas Hold’em is the poker gambling format of choice

One of the biggest changes in gambling habits since the introduction of online casino gambling in Ireland has been the huge rise in popularity of poker gambling online. Although gambling on poker has always been a feature of the Irish gambling scene and the Irish Open poker tournament has grown to be one of the biggest in the world, it has tended to be the preserve of relatively few ardent poker gambling fans. The online casino gambling operators have changed that situation beyond recognition, and online poker gambling is now a mainstream leisure activity. Serious poker gambling enthusiasts usually confine themselves to playing the Texas Hold’em form of poker because Texas Hold’em is the poker format played at all the major poker tournaments throughout the world. Texas Hold’em is a poker gambling format which uses five community cards which are available to all the players in addition to the two individual cards each player is dealt. Full details of the rules of Texas Hold’em poker gambling are available on our casino games pages, but here is a brief summary. Each player is dealt two cards face down, after which there is a first betting round. Five community cards are then dealt face up in the middle of the table, one at a time, and a further betting round takes place after each card is dealt. What should be clear from this summary is that playing a winning hand in the Texas Hold’em format of gambling on poker requires a matching bet in each of six betting rounds, which means that the final pot and the total individual stakes of each player in the final showdown can be very high. New players should be very aware that gambling on Texas Hold’em poker requires skill and experience, and is rarely an online casino gambling game for those on a limited budget. We recommend you gain experience before playing Texas Hold’em online against other players who may have been playing this form of poker gambling much longer than you.