The hand opens with all players paying the "ante". The ante is number of chips a player must put into the pot before they see their cards if they wish to play in the hand.
The deck is shuffled and two cards are dealt to each player face down, these are known as a player's "Hole" cards. You are allowed to look at the hole cards.
The player to the left of the dealer is required to make a bet, they are not allowed any other action. This is known as the "small blind bet."
The next player to the left is required to make a larger bet, they are not allowed any other action. This is known as the "big blind bet"

A round of betting takes place, beginning with the player to the left of the two who posted the blinds. When it is their turn a player may "call" (put in the minimum chips needed to stay in the hand) by pressing 'c', "raise" (increases the number of chips others must put into the pot in order to stay in stay in the hand) by typing in the amount of chips they want to bet and then pressing 'enter', or "fold" (forfeits the hand, but keeps you at the table to join the next hand) by pressing 'f'.
The dealer flips the next three cards face up on the table. These cards are called "the flop" and are the first cards in the "community" or "board," players can use any combination of the community cards and the two cards in their hands to form the best possible five-card Poker hand..
A round of betting takes place, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer. Players can call, raise, or fold when it's their turn to bet.
A fourth card is added to the community cards, this card is known as "The Turn" or sometimes "Fourth Street."
A round of betting takes place, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer. Players can call, raise, or fold when it's their turn to bet.
A fifth and final cads is added to the community cards, this card is known as "The River" or sometimes "Fifth Street"
A final round of betting takes place, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer. Players can call, raise, or fold when it's their turn to bet.

Players can use any combination of the community cards and the two cards in their hands to form the best possible five-card Poker hand.
After the final betting round, all players remaining in the game reveal their hands.
The player with the best hand wins, this phase is known as "The Showdown."

Betting it all (AKA "All in") - If at any time a player is in a situation where they bet all of their remaining chips, this is known as "going all-in." This causes all future raises during that hand go into a second pot. If the player who went all-in has the best hand, they only win the chips in the first pot, the player with the second best hand then win all the chips in the second pot. If the player who went all in does *not* have the best hand, the winner gets all of the chips in the first *and* second pots.
Ties - In the case where two or more players in the showdown have hands of equal value, all the chips in the pot are divided equally between the tied players.

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