Master the different variants

While you have many variants of poker in Casinos that are even similar to slot machines, most of these games involve some strategy and you can actually make informed decisions.

The poker variants

There are many variations that we can associate with the name of poker, including such popular games as:

• Texas Holdem
• Pot Limit Omaha
• 7 Card Stud
• Casino Poker Variants
• And various less popular formats

All of these games are very different from one another, and even if you are fairly good at Texas Holdem Poker, you could run into a lot of problems sitting down at Pot Limit Omaha or 7 Card Stud tables.

Everything is different, from the betting structure to the different cards that have a completely different gameplay. Some of these formats even have different hand rankings, so it certainly makes sense to do a little research before playing.

What is the difference??

You may be wondering why people often hear comparisons between poker and Texas Holdem?

Well, simply because it's the most popular poker game played around the world, and some people claim that Texas Holdem and poker are, in effect, the same game.

We want to remove any doubts you may have about the different formats and explain to you how all these games are different from each other and why poker is not just Texas Holdem.

Texas Holdem Poker

One of the first things to consider is the order of hands, which will determine which hand will win in the end. Fortunately, the rankings for Texas Holdem and poker formats are identical in all of the games we cover today, so you only need to go through them once.

At the end of the hand, your goal is to make the best “five card combination” or to force all of your opponents to fold so you can clear the pot.

There are some similarities in this game, but without understanding the main differences between this poker format and Texas Holdem, you will not find much success in these games.

So let's explain the most important aspects:

• Instead of receiving two cards face down, each player receives four cards.
• Even if you have four cards, you can and must use two cards from your hand to make the final combination (if you only have one spade in your hand, an ace of spades, and there are four spades on the table, you have no flush as you have to use two of your four cards face down to form the hand)
• Omaha is often played as "Pot Limit", which means you can only bet the amount that is already in the pot, and Texas Holdem is played in "No-Limit" format, which means you can bet that much how you want and when you want.
• Pot Limit Omaha often creates bigger pots because when the players are dealt four cards instead of two they have more draws and made hands, so they are likely to bet and call more often.
• There are many more draws in Pot Limit Omaha when you compare this variant of poker to Texas Holdem.