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Ring games are poker games played with real chips at stake. Unlike tournament chips, which are worth nothing outside the tournament, ring game chips represent real money. For example, if you buy in for $20 worth of chips and leave the game with $80, you made a $60 profit. Pacific Poker offers ring games of Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hi, Omaha Hi/Lo and Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo variations 24 hours a day. Ring games start when two or more active players sit down at a table. Unlike tournaments, at ring games you are not committed to play for a specified amount of time. You can sit down, play and leave with your winnings whenever you want. Another difference is that at ring games the table limits are fixed for the entire length of the game, whereas at tournaments the limits increase with each round. Pacific Poker also offers two progressive jackpots at ring game tables: the Bad Beat Jackpot and the Royal Jackpot. We launch our jackpots at initial amounts of $5,000. The more hands played, the bigger the jackpots grow. Visit our Jackpots page to learn how to join a jackpot table.Texas Hold'em Step-by-Step Step 1: The Blind Bets The first player "Sitting-in", in a clockwise fashion to the left of the Dealer, places the "Small Blind" Bet (half the table's Lower Limit Stake - on tables with Stakes higher than $1 the Small Blind is rounded down to the nearest dollar) (see Betting Rounds & Limits below); The second player Sitting-in, in a clockwise fashion to the left of the Dealer, places the "Big Blind" Bet (equal to the table's Lower Limit Stake). Step 2: The Pocket Cards - The First Deal The Dealer distributes two facedown "Pocket Cards" to each player. The cards are dealt in a clockwise fashion, one at a time, starting with the player to the left of the Big Blind. Step 3: The First Betting Round Betting Limit: Lower Limit Stake The first player to the left of the Big Blind initiates the first Betting Round. The Betting Round then proceeds, in a clockwise fashion, around the table, with each player acting in turn. In this Betting Round, each player is required to at least "Call" the Big Blind, in order to remain in the game.The Betting in this Round is set at the table's Lower Limit Stake. Step 4: "The Flop" - The Second Deal The Dealer places the first three "Community Boardcards", face-up, in the center of the table. These cards are shared by all the players at the table. Step 5: The Second Betting Round Betting Limit: Lower Limit Stake The first "active" (has not Folded) player to the left of the Dealer initiates the second Betting Round. The Betting Round then proceeds, in a clockwise fashion, around the table, with each active player acting in turn. Step 6: "The Turn" - The Third Deal The Dealer places a fourth Community Boardcard, face-up, in the center of the table. Step 7: The Third Betting Round Betting Limit: Higher Limit Stake The first active player to the left of the Dealer initiates the third Betting Round. The Betting Round then proceeds, in a clockwise fashion, around the table, with each active player acting in turn. The Betting in this Round is set at the table's Higher Limit Stake. Step 8: "The River" - The Fourth & Final Deal The Dealer places a fifth Community Boardcard, face-up, in the center of the Table. Step 9: The Fourth and Final Betting Round Betting Limit: Higher Limit Stake The first active player to the left of the Dealer initiates the fourth Betting Round. The Betting Round then proceeds, in a clockwise fashion, around the table, with each active player acting in turn. The Betting in this Round is set at the table's Higher Limit Stake. Step 10: The Showdown Once the fourth Betting Round has been completed, there is a "Showdown" (if more than one player remains active - see The Showdown below). In the Showdown, each active player combines any combination of their two Pocket Cards, and the five Community Boardcards, to create the highest ranking (valued), five card, Poker hand possible (see the Hand
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