What Is a Pocket Pair? All You Need to Know about Poker Pairs Gameplay and Strategy!
Texas Hold’em uses two hole cards and five community cards. This ruling makes it possible to make a pair in two main ways. Find out how and why.
What is Post in Poker?
Post means to make a mandatory payment into the pot during a hand of poker. There are two types of mandatory payments that a player may be asked to make; blinds and antes. The antes are posted by every player at the table while the blinds are posted only by specific seats (small blind and big blind). If a player wishes to join a game of poker mid orbit, it’s necessary that he pay some extra blinds before being dealt cards – this is referred to as posting.
What is Pair in Poker?
A pair is a poker hand where we have two cards of identical rank. In most poker variants this leaves room for three kickers, since poker hands are usually constructed with exactly 5 cards. The higher the rank of a pair, the higher it’s value. Aces are high in this context, so a pair of Aces is the best possible pair and will beat all other pairs. If two players make the same pair, the kickers are consulted to determine the winner (highest kicker wins).
Overpair Poker: What Is an Overpair in Poker?
An overpair is a pair in the hole that is higher than the highest card on the board. For example, in Hold’em we have QQ in the hole and the board texture is T72. We hold an overpair. This concept only makes sense in games where there are community cards, Hold’em and Omaha for example.
