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Vi har varit runt och tuffat i USA några gånger. Första gången var 2005, och då skrev jag en reseberättelse som jag tänkte dela med mig av igen. Särskilt spännande är den för er som tänkt att bila i Kalifornien och Nevada. Jag skrev det här för fem år sen, varför det är lite mer ungdomligt skrivet än det jag skriver idag (inbillar jag mig). En del saker har hänt sedan 2005. Det vet vi med säkerhet, vi var där även 2007 (då L.A, S.D, LV & Palm Springs) nämligen. Så har ni frågor har vi hyggligt uppdaterade svar. Trevlig läsning! /O

Las Vegas by night

SAMMANFATTNING:
Jag och min E flög till San Francisco, stannade två nätter. Vi åkte kustvägen sedan söderut och spenderade tre nätter på vägen – innan det bar av till Vegas. Vi stannade i Vegas fyra dar där vi också hade en halvdag i Grand Canyon inplanerad. Efter Vegas bar det av mot Los Angeles där vi stannade tre heldagar (fyra nätter) innan vi stack norrut igen för en sista natt i San Francisco innan flyget tog oss till Sverige. Jag tänker dela upp berättelsen i lite delar så man kan läsa det man är intresserad av, det blir en kombination av resguide och reseberättelse, håll till godo!

RESA DIT:
Vi valde billigaste flygresan som gick att få tag på, denna bokade vi på sembo.se där vi även kunde boka två hotellnätter downton San Francisco till ett otroligt bra pris jämfört med på plats! Det går även att boka hotell i flera andra städer, men utbudet är begränsat. Via sembo kan man även boka bil, dock ställs vissa krav om man är under 25 år, därför var det krångligt för oss att resa dit. Nåja, Kastrup-london- san francisco med brittish airways (genom sembo) kostade drygt 4500:- ToR/person. Räkna med två timmar till London, plus väntetid där sen ungefär elva timmars flygning till USAs västkust.

BIL:
I bilens förlovade land är bilen tyvärr ett måste om man ska färdas utanför San Francisco, de allmänna kommunaktionsmedlen är unde all kritik. Vi valde att boka på holidayautos.se eftersom dom hade ett extra-paket för de som var under 25 år, för runt 5000:- kunde vi boka en hyfsat stor femdörrars bil i två veckor inklusive alla försäkringar och självrisker etc, full tank ingick också – det enda som tillkom var övrig bensin. Jag tror vi betalde drygt 100 dollar för drygt 250 mils körning till slut. Priset per gallon (3,7 liter) ligger på ungefär $2.5.

SAN FRANCISCO:
Den mest europeiska staden av de alla, staden har ett downtown med hyfsad shopping, restauranger med mera. Det går att åka runt i de klassiska spårvagnarna samt med bussar, vi tog oss dock runt med bilen till bland annat Twin Peaks (utsiktsplats över hela staden). Vi var också i ett mysigt turistområde som heter Fisherman’s Warf där det bland annat guidade turer (förhandsboka!) till Alcatraz avgår. Det är ett gammalt fiskeområde som är av lite gammaldagsstuk och helt klart värt ett besök! Parkera 100 meter in mot land så blir det billigare . Tilläggas bör att parkering downtown är svindyrt, nästan överallt kostade det $18 för ett dygn. Spelade även en del poker i San Francisco, se pokeravsnittet nedan…

Har för mig att det här är världens krokigaste gata, ligger i San Francisco.

KUSTEN:
Som första stopp söderut är Monterey värt ett besök, en ganska mysig småstad. Den stora attraktionen är byns akvarium, vi bevittnade här bland annat pingvinger och världens enda vithaj i fångenskap, mäktigt! Strax söder om Monterey återfinns kustbyn Carmel som har ett rykte som en mycket ren stad, ganska turistigt men ändå mysigt centrum och en stor sandstrand vid vattnet som bör vara värd ett besök sommartid!

Efter Monterey börjar världsberömda highway 1 på allvar. Den krokiga vägen har Still Havet på ena sidan och ett berglandskap på den andra. Åk denna väg i dagsljus helst med klart väder så lär ni inte uppleva något liknande, oerhört vackert (inget ord jag slösar med).

Gudomligt vackra Highway 1, någonstans mellan S.F och L.A.

Vidare söder ut ligger Solvang, en dansk by! Byn grundades av utvandrade någongång (runt år ?) och består av korsvirkeshus och väderkvarnar, lite småskön kontrast till de amerikanska unga städerna. Byn är dock ganska exploaterad av turistnäringen så det räckte med en timmes strapats för vår del.

Nästa stopp var Santa Barbara (med flest plastikoperationer i världen?), värmen tilltog här längre söderut och det var ju såklart positivt. Vi hade trott att Santa Barbara skulle vara flott och lyxigt, detta stämde dock inte riktigt och stället var faktiskt en liten besvikelse med en del smuts och avloppsrör på stranden.

OUTLETS:
Första outleten vi besökte var också den bästa på resan och den låg i Camarillo (söder om Santa Barbara på väg 101) och hette helt enkelt Camarillo outlets (på 101ans högra sida om man åker i North bound). Prisexempel på kläder: DCShoeCO,skate-sko runt $40. För den som är intresserad av kläder och mode finns det också outlets i Barstow mitt mellan Los Angeles och Las Vegas, dessa höll dock inte alls samma klass som i Camarillo. Näst bästa återfanns precis söder om Las Vegas och hette Las Vegas premium outlets.

LAS VEGAS:
Okej, det ska erkännas att jag är en pokerdåre. Därför extra fokus på Vegas

När vi släpat omkring oss själva på Las Vegas Premium oulets tills klockan nådde 14:40 var det dags för avfärd mot Strippen och vårt hotell där incheckningen startade 15.00. Vi kom in från söder och möttes av Mandalay Bays mäktiga hotellbyggnader, trafiken på Strippen var tjock som sirap och man fick vänta tre gånger om på grönt ljus när man skulle svänga av därifrån eftersom det var så mycket bilar. Jag har läst att det är mäktigare att anlända kvällstid till Vegas och där lär ligga viss sanning i det. Efter en kort bit på strippen svängde vi av vänster och efter en mile (1.6 km) ungefär så hade vi vårt hotell, Orleans på vänster sida. Vi bodde alltså inte på strippen utan på ett av de få hotellen som ligger s.k off-the-strip.

Orleans hotell (***) har 1860 rum, 72 bowlingbanor, 18 biosalonger, 9 restauranger men framförallt 35 (!) pokerbord (http://www.orleanscasino.com/gaming/poker-room.html). Vad jag förstod det så hade Orleans flest pokerbord i hela Vegas. Hotellpriserna i Vegas fördubblas på helgerna, därför åkte vi strategiskt nog dit måndag-fredag och fick bo på 40 kvadratmeter för priset av $65 per natt för båda två! Orleans lär vara det bästa hotellet off-the-strip och jag tror inte man kan vänta sig samma standard för samma pris på The Strip. Vi var mycket nöjda med vår vistelse och jag kan starkt rekommendera ett par nätter på Orleans. Däremot så betvivlar jag inte att Bellagio, Mirage, Ceacars, MGM, Venetian, Mandalay Bay och dom andra har bättre klass och kanske är ännu skönare att bo på – men räkna med det dubbla priset (minst!). Det där är efter plånbok och tycke och smak, man kan få hotell i Vegas för till och med så låga priser som $29!

Vad tyckte jag då? Det var mycket större än vad jag väntat mig, The Strip hade säkert fyra filer i vardera körriktningen och snabbaste vägen över var oftast gångbroar mellan casinona. Hela strippen var späckat med hotellkasinon och byggena var enorma. Det tog säkert en halvtimme att köra hela strippen ner till downtown. Det kanske jag ska utveckla… Södra delen av strippen består av alla de hotell jag räknat upp plus ett femtiotal mer eller mindre kända till, sen kommer lite ingenmansland med låga hus och bröllopskappel innan man når downtown där Freemont street är pulsåldern, där återfinns bland annat Jack Binions Horseshoe (WSOP).

Bellagio i bakgrunden

Missa inte:
Freemont Street (en 300 meter lång storbildsskärm går som ett valv över gatan och på denna är det ljus- och TV-show varje jämn timma efter skymning!). Skulle även gissa att detta är Las Vegas enda gågata så det kan vara skönt om man vill strosa lite lugnt, det går bra att parkera i Jack Binions P-hus intill. Gamblers General Store, en komplett spelbutik som ligger i norra delen av Vegas, kör Strippen norrut och vik av in till vänster på Main efter Stratosphere, efter runt 500 meter (osäker här) så återfinns affären på vänster sida. Byggnaden är gammal lite nedgången och kan lätt missas så håll ögonen öppna! I övrigt så finns väl allt sevärt längs med strippen, ni lär hitta runt själva…

GRAND CANYON:
Det går sightseeing flyg från Vegas till Grand Canyon. Vi valde att åka med Look Tours då dom var absolut billigast, dom måste dock haft en dålig dag då det mesta var försenat (det finns massa bolag – så ta kanske ett annat).  Hursomhelst hämtar dom upp en vid hotellet och kör en till flygfältet där ett 18-sitsigt plan väntar, efter runt en halvtimme med flygning över Hoover Dam når man Grand Canynon. Man blev sedan runtbussad av indianerna som bodde där och fick ströva omkring ett par timmar och se på utsikten – storslaget! Vi fick betal $159 var totalt och då ingick även mat hos indianerna på Grand Canyon.

 

POKERN:
Jag lirade bara på Orleans i Las Vegas eftersom det var absolut bekvämast. Spelen som erbjöds var 2/4, 4/8, 6/12 och 10/20 samt även 4/8 Omaha och 1/2 NL holdem när det fanns tillräckligt med folk! Dom har även turneringar varje dag, en vid kl 12.00 och en vid 19.00, registreringen börjar drygt en timme innan och buy-in ligger mellan $25-50med en väldans massa rebuys till halva priset (dessa knäckte mig). Mina resultat går ju att läsa ovan.

Jag har väl dragit det mesta högst upp i tråden? Fråga om det är något! Motståndet på Orleans var iaf i tuffast lagret , men jag låg ju plus på ring-gamet och så här i efterhand borde jag spelat 6/12 hela tiden för då hade jag nog dragit in ett par hundra dollar. Jag spelade istället mestadels 4/8 och några överaggressivt dåligt spelade händer från min sida fick mig att sluta på allt för lite plus (tycker jag).

Jag fick dock lite tips av de trevliga motståndarna vid bordet, MGM Grand hade återöppnat (i dagarna) och skulle tydligen vara schysst att spela på. Vidare så gillade dom limit-spelet på Bellagio då det var många turister där (dom hade dock ett tillfälligt pokerrum när jag var där, lite tråkigt). Sen så tyckte dom att turneringarna var bäst på Sahara där man fick stor stack  startmarker och allt var bra uppstyrt. Men jag tror inte det skiljer jättemycket de olika rummen emellan, det viktiga är dock att organisationen är bra och det var den verkligen på Orleans.

Spelade ju dessutom på Lucky Chances i San Francicso där det var riktigt tomte-motstånd på 6/12, rekommenderas varmt!

LOS ANGELES:
Överträffade helt klart förväntningarna, men så hade jag också tur med gästvänliga, generösa släktingar som bodde på ett utmärkt strategiskt läge för oss som turister. Jag orkar knappt skriva mer nu, men missa inte:

The Grove, fint utomhusköpcentrum mellan Beverly Ave och Third i West Hollywood, ät gärna på Cheese Cake Factory (har även mat, jätteportioner!).

För den filmintresserade, dagspass på Universal Studios i Hollywood. Vi var där och det var rätt skönt att varva all shopping och sightseeing med lite nöjen i filmens värld. Pris, runt 50$ per skalle.

Venice Beach/Santa Monica Beach: Härliga stränder.

Spänstiga killar på Muscle Beach, Venice Beachwalk

Santa Monica gågata, den enda gågatan i Los Angeles, say no more…

Annars så har Melrose Avenue i West hollywood bra (trendig) shopping och rekommenderas.

Missa inte heller Famous walk i Hollywood (alla stjärnor i marken)….

/O

Go Johnny, Go!
So I was incredibly bored on Friday and decided to check out the new Johnny Weir series from Sundance, mostly because I knew the Olympics were coming up and I figured this might get me a little bit excited about it.

Prior to this, I didn't really know (or care) much about Weir, or about men's figure skating (or figure skating in general) in recent years. I blame Sam, because he and I spent most of our time during the 2006 Olympics watching curling, and I really have no memory at all of watching any skating at all during those Olympics - just curling, speedskating, and maybe some skiing. So what I knew about Weir before this weekend was that he said a lot of outrageous things and was a sort of "flamboyant" (the media's favorite euphemism for gay!) rebel in the figure skating world - but honestly I really didn't care to know more, because he didn't sound very appealing to me as a person and (as you probably know, due to the press firestorm when he failed) he didn't end up medalling in 2006, so I assumed he was one of those flash-in-the-pan types you hear about during the Olympics and never again afterward.

But by about 10-15 minutes into the first episode of the series (which is actually a documentary film in its own right, Pop Star on Ice), I found myself fascinated - I found him surprisingly (to me, knowing nothing about him) intelligent and analytical in his commentary; nothing like what I'd imagined when I heard about some of his comments in the past. (The impression I now have of these comments is that they were mostly him playing with the press - it seems like a lot of his jokes go over their heads.) And as I kept watching, I grew even more impressed with his style of skating (which of course is criticized for being "feminine" - but I think it's graceful and beautiful, unlike much of men's figure skating these days, which seems to be completely focused on the jumping to the detriment of all other elements), his wit and intelligence, his hard work, and his (sometimes) dedication. Of course, as you'll realize if you watch the film/series, his dedication is one of his biggest demons - despite frequently asserting that his goals are Olympic and world medals, you see him screwing himself over multiple times because he can't quite commit himself fully/consistently. Sometimes it's conscious - he voices questions about continuing with his skating several times in the film and series - and sometimes it is unconscious - like refusing to have a serious meeting with his coach after a rather disastrous skate (watching this part made me SO FRUSTRATED! But I think I'd probably be the same way… and I haven't been training for 8-10 years at an elite level in a sport like he has).


(Trailer for the documentary which constitutes the first episode of the series, complete with an overly-earnest rap song about Johnny Weir which makes me giggle.)

So I devoured what has aired, thus far, of the series, and then I went hunting for everything I could find of his on youtube and the interwebs, and spent the weekend basically catching up on his entire career. And so now I am really excited to watch him skate in Vancouver. He had a fantastic short program at Nationals this year (followed by a mediocre long program - but so was Lysacek's, and I really like Jeremy Abbott, so I'm glad he had two great performances even if it means he beat Weir), so I'm hoping this means things will go well at the Olympics - but I can't help but feel, despite the fact that I'm rooting for him, that I'm about 2-3 years too late jumping onto the Weir bandwagon. He was truly fantastic for about 3.5 years starting in 2004, but he's been up and (pretty far) down since then, and (as he often points out) he's getting old for his sport. When people talk about medal contenders in these Olympics, he's never really mentioned - even he himself doesn't consider himself a contender for the gold (though I'm sure he's hoping he'll make the podium, at least). This is a huge difference from Torino, when "all of America's hopes were riding on him." In one sense, perhaps it's good that they aren't relying on him this year - less pressure on him, plus he's got more experience... who knows?! But on the other hand, there is a reason he's not America's "great white hope" this year.

Anyway, I really wish I'd started following him sooner - I'd have been disappointed with some of his performances these past couple of years, but I'd still have been able to see more of him - I suspect we're nearing the end of his amateur career now, and I've basically missed all of it (and youtube really doesn't compare - for instance, there is absolutely no footage - outside of montages/etc. - that I can find of his programs at 2008 Worlds - even though that's the year he medalled! You can see his practice skates, and the awards ceremony, but no actual performances... it is very frustrating).

So, in short, I've become a big Johnny Weir fan basically overnight. And I think Lysacek looks incredibly ridiculous/awkward on ice (perhaps this is unconscious bias, due to the fact that I'm loving Weir so much and Weir doesn't love Lysacek - or perhaps it's because he's 6'2" and he moves like a lanky white teenage boy trying to dance. Also, while I'm being shallow and critical, his face and general overly-tan/slicked-back/slimy demeanor annoy me… though not as much as Michael Weiss's similar-but-worse appearance does, from what I've seen.) and so I totally buy into the rivalry and don't want Lysacek to beat Johnny at the Olympics, even if they've supposedly "buried the hatchet." And if Weir can't medal in Vancouver, I'm also rooting for Patrick Chan, Jeremy Abbott (<-- both of these guys are extremely, boyishly adorable), and Stéphane Lambiel, so I'd be happy with any of them on the podium (… basically I'm not a big fan of Lysacek, Plushenko, or Joubert, and I'm not really knowledgeable about many of the other competitors).

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I'm sure you've all seen Johnny Weir skating to Poker Face, since it took the internet by storm a few weeks back, but the version that has been circulating is really crappy as far as video quality goes, and it's really not his best performance of that routine. I think his best version to date is during the exhibition after 2010 Nationals (but another good one was at Festa on Ice earlier in 2009), and it's certainly the best image quality out there:



I think these two videos provide a fairly good overview of his career/media coverage up through the end of the 2006 season (with some fawning thrown in, because it's a fan-video):

Part 1


and Part 2


He didn't do so well in 2007 (lost Nationals, after a 3-year reign, and cried after his skate, which was kind of heartbreaking), but staged a brief comeback in 2008 (before crashing back down again in 2009). Here are his performances in Nationals, where he tied for 1st in points but was awarded 2nd because Lysacek won the long program:

Short Program


Free Skate

… and like I said, I can't find his skates from 2008 Worlds, but he took the bronze there - his first (and only) medal in Worlds.

And here are the promos, of which I'm not really a fan, for his reality series currently airing on Sundance:


This one's not *that* bad, I guess…

… but this one, while very glam, seems pretty misleading to me:



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Rogues
Whether playing Dungeons & Dragons, World of Warcraft, or any other such game, the rogue has been my class of choice for many years. Stealth, secrecy, precision, independence, and perhaps a disdain for many rules of society; these are characteristics I share with the rogue class.

"Rearviewmirror" by Pearl Jam
"Rearviewmirror" is my favorite Pearl Jam track, and when they play it live they always bring such an energy to it that I am compelled to rock the fuck out. Watch the video to see for yourself!

"Regret" by New Order
I can't really explain why I love this song... I know my own reasons why, but putting them into words is proving impossible for me now.

"Rosetta Stoned" by Tool
This is my favorite track on 10,000 Days, as well as one of my favorite tracks by Tool, period. It has some of the most insane rhythmic changes I have ever heard in a song and is an amazing example of what truly talented musicians can accomplish relative to so much of the shit that permeates our air waves these days.

"Running Down the Way Up" by BT
This is one of my favorite driving songs from a time when I was still young and just getting into electronic music.

Revolutionary Girl Utena
One of the prettier shoujo series I have seen that departs from typical romance themes to explore the trials of growing up, the courage necessary to remain true to oneself, and how entry into adulthood often compromises our childhood fantasies, and consequently our identities.

Rounders
The immense popularity of Texas Hold'em over the last 10+ years, one could argue, is owed to this film. It's a film you have likely seen before, but the cast is so outstanding and the dialogue so excellent that such doesn't matter -- you see this movie and you want to play poker, the way seeing Top Gun makes you want to fly fighter jets and talk shit to other naked guys in a locker room.

Rushmore
Wes Anderson's sophomore film, and his best in my opinion, is quite possibly the one that launched that whole quirky, pseudo-indie genre we've got now. It's got a cast that shines (Bill Murray won the Golden Globe for his supporting role here), with a narrative depth and subtlety to balance the clever antics of the film's young protagonist Max Fischer.

Rez
This game has a vibrator, and you shouldn't even bother playing without it.

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood
The best Castlevania game ever, in my humble and correct opinion. = P

Texas hold ‘em (also known as hold’em or holdem) is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed by the dealer—a series of three (“the flop”) then two additional single cards (“the turn” and “the river”), with players having the option to check, bet or fold after each deal, i.e. betting may occur prior to the flop, “on the flop,” “on the turn,” and “on the river.”

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Objective

In Texas hold ‘em, like all variants of poker, individuals compete for an amount of money contributed by the players themselves (called the pot). Because the cards are dealt randomly and outside the control of the players, each player attempts to control the amount of money in the pot based on the hand the player holds.[1]

The game is divided into a series of hands or deals; at the conclusion of each hand, the pot is typically awarded to one player (an exception in which the pot is divided between more than one is discussed below). A hand may end at the showdown, in which case the remaining players compare their hands and the highest hand is awarded the pot; that highest hand is usually held by only one player, but can be held by more in the case of a tie. The other possibility for the conclusion of a hand is when all but one player have folded and have thereby abandoned any claim to the pot, in which case the pot is awarded to the player who has not folded.[1]

The objective of winning players is not winning every individual hand, but rather making mathematically correct decisions regarding when and how much to bet, raise, call or fold. By making such decisions, winning poker players maximize long-term winnings by maximizing their expected gain on each round of betting.[1]
History
Johnny Moss, Chill Wills, Amarillo Slim, Jack Binion, and Puggy Pearson outside of Binion’s Horseshoe in 1974

Although little is known about the invention of Texas hold ‘em, the Texas State Legislature officially recognizes Robstown, Texas, as the game’s birthplace, dating the game to the early 1900s.[2]

After its invention and spread throughout Texas, hold ‘em was introduced to Las Vegas in 1967 by a group of Texan gamblers and card players, including Crandell Addington, Roscoe Weiser, Doyle Brunson, and Amarillo Slim.[3] Addington said the first time he saw the game was in 1959. “They didn’t call it Texas hold ‘em at the time, they just called it hold ‘em.… I thought then that if it were to catch on, it would become the game. Draw poker, you bet only twice; hold ‘em, you bet four times. That meant you could play strategically. This was more of a thinking man’s game.”[4]

For several years the Golden Nugget Casino in Downtown Las Vegas was the only casino in Las Vegas to offer the game. At that time, the Golden Nugget’s poker room was “truly a ’sawdust joint,’ with…oiled sawdust covering the floors.”[5] Because of its location and decor, this poker room did not receive many rich drop-in clients, and as a result, professional players sought a more prominent location. In 1969, the Las Vegas professionals were invited to play Texas hold ‘em at the entrance of the now-demolished Dunes Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. This prominent location, and the relative inexperience of poker players with Texas hold ‘em, resulted in a very remunerative game for professional players.[5]

After a disappointing attempt to establish a “Gambling Fraternity Convention,” Tom Moore added the first ever poker tournament to the Second Annual Gambling Fraternity Convention held in 1969. This tournament featured several games including Texas hold ‘em. In 1970, Benny and Jack Binion acquired the rights to this convention, renamed it the World Series of Poker, and moved it to their casino, Binion’s Horseshoe, in Las Vegas. After its first year, a journalist, Tom Thackrey, suggested that the main event of this tournament should be no-limit Texas hold ‘em. The Binions agreed and ever since no-limit Texas hold ‘em has been played as the main event.[5] Interest in the Main Event continued to grow steadily over the next two decades. After receiving only eight entrants in 1972, the numbers grew to over one hundred entrants in 1982, and over two hundred in 1991.[6][7][8]

During this time, Doyle Brunson’s revolutionary poker strategy guide, Super/System was first published.[9] Despite being self-published and priced at $100 in 1978, the book revolutionized the way poker was played. It was one of the first books to discuss Texas hold ‘em, and is today cited as one of the most important books on this game.[10] In 1983, Al Alvarez published, The Biggest Game in Town, a book detailing a 1981 World Series of Poker event.[11] The first book of its kind, it described the world of professional poker players and the World Series of Poker. Alvarez’ book is credited with beginning the genre of poker literature and with bringing Texas hold ‘em (and poker generally), for the first time, to a wider audience.[12]

Interest in hold ‘em outside of Nevada began to grow in the 1980s as well. Although California had legal card rooms offering draw poker, Texas hold ‘em was prohibited under a statute which made illegal the now unknown game “stud-horse.” However in 1988, Texas hold ‘em was declared legally distinct from “stud-horse” in Tibbetts v. Van De Kamp, 271 Cal. Rptr. 792 (1990). Almost immediately card rooms across the state offered Texas hold ‘em.[13] (It is often presumed that this decision ruled that hold ‘em was a skill game,[14] but the distinction between skill and chance has never entered into California jurisprudence regarding poker.[15]) After a trip to Las Vegas, bookmakers Terry Rogers and Liam Flood introduced the game to European card players in the early 1980s.[16]
Popularity

Texas Hold ‘Em is one of the most popular forms of poker.[17][18] Texas Hold ‘em’s popularity surged in the 2000s due to exposure on television, the Internet and popular literature. During this time hold ‘em replaced seven-card stud as the most common game in U.S. casinos.[19] The no-limit betting form is used in the widely televised main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the World Poker Tour (WPT).

Hold ‘em’s simplicity and popularity have inspired a wide variety of strategy books which provide recommendations for proper play. Most of these books recommend a strategy that involves playing relatively few hands but betting and raising often with the hands one plays.[20] In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Texas hold ‘em experienced a surge in popularity worldwide.[19] Many observers attribute this growth to the synergy of five factors: the invention of online poker, the game’s appearance in film and on television, the 2004–05 NHL lockout,[21] the appearance of television commercials advertising online cardrooms, and the 2003 World Series of Poker championship victory by online qualifier Chris Moneymaker.[22]
Joe Hachem, winner of 2005 World Series of Poker main event
Television and film
Main article: Poker on television

Prior to poker becoming widely televised, the movie Rounders (1998), starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton, gave moviegoers a romantic view of the game as a way of life. Texas hold ‘em was the main game played during the movie and the no-limit variety was described, following Doyle Brunson, as the “Cadillac of Poker.” A clip of the classic showdown between Johnny Chan and Erik Seidel from the 1988 World Series of Poker was also incorporated into the film.[23] More recently, a high-stakes Texas Hold’em game was central to the plot of the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, in place of baccarat, which was originally the casino game central to the story in the novel from which the film was based.

Hold ‘em tournaments had been televised since the late 1970s, but they did not become popular until 1999, when hidden lipstick cameras were first used to show players’ private hole cards on the Late Night Poker TV show in the United Kingdom.[24] Hold ‘em exploded in popularity as a spectator sport in the United States and Canada in early 2003, when the World Poker Tour adopted the lipstick cameras idea. A few months later, ESPN’s coverage of the 2003 World Series of Poker featured the unexpected victory of Internet player Chris Moneymaker, an amateur player who gained admission to the tournament by winning a series of online tournaments. Moneymaker’s victory initiated a sudden surge of interest in the World Series, based on the egalitarian idea that anyone—even a rank novice—can become a world champion.[25]

In 2003, there were 839 entrants in the WSOP Main Event,[26] and triple that number in 2004.[27] The crowning of the 2004 WSOP champion, Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, a patent attorney from Connecticut, further fueled the popularity of the event among amateur (and particularly Internet) players.[28] In the 2005 Main Event, an unprecedented 5,619 entrants vied for a first prize of $7,500,000. The winner, Joe Hachem of Australia, was a semi-professional player.[29] This growth continued in 2006, with 8,773 entrants and a first place prize of $12,000,000 (won by Jamie Gold).[30]

Beyond the World Series, other television shows—including the long running World Poker Tour—are credited with increasing the popularity of Texas hold ‘em.[31] In addition to its presence on network and general audience cable television,[32] poker has now become a regular part of sports networks’ programming in the United States.[33]
Literature

Twenty years after the publication of Alvarez’s groundbreaking book, nuts published a semi-autobiographical book, Positively Fifth Street (2003), which simultaneously describes the trial surrounding the murder of Ted Binion and McManus’ own entry into the 2000 World Series of Poker.[34] McManus, a poker amateur, finished 5th in the No-Limit Texas Hold ‘em main event, winning over $200,000.[35] In the book McManus discusses events surrounding the World Series, the trial of Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish, poker strategy, and some history of poker and the world series.

Michael Craig’s 2005 book The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King details a series of high stakes Texas hold ‘em one-on-one games between Texas banker Andy Beal and a rotating group of poker professionals. As of 2006, these games were the highest stakes ever played, reaching $100,000–$200,000 fixed limit.[36]
Online poker
Poker revenues from Party Gaming (2002-2006). The drop off in 2006 is due to the UIGEA.
Main article: Online poker

The ability to play cheaply and anonymously online has been credited as a cause of the increase in popularity of Texas hold ‘em.[25] Online poker sites both allow people to try out games and also provide an avenue for entry into large tournaments (like the World Series of Poker) via smaller tournaments known as satellites. The 2003 and 2004 winners of the World Series No Limit Holdem Main Event qualified by playing in these tournaments.[37][38]

Although online poker grew from its inception in 1998 until 2003, Moneymaker’s win and the appearance of televisions advertisements in 2003 contributed to a tripling of industry revenues in 2004.[39][40]
Rules

The descriptions below assume a familiarity with the general game play of poker, and with poker hands. For a general introduction to these topics, see poker, poker hands, poker probability, and poker jargon.

Betting structures

See the article on betting for a detailed explanation of betting in these variations of hold ‘em.

A standard hold ‘em game showing the position of the blinds relative to the dealer button

Hold ‘em is normally played using small and big blind bets – forced bets by two players. Antes (forced contributions by all players) may be used in addition to blinds, particularly in later stages of tournament play. A dealer button is used to represent the player in the dealer position; the dealer button rotates clockwise after each hand, changing the position of the dealer and blinds. The small blind is posted by the player to the left of the dealer and is usually equal to half of the big blind. The big blind, posted by the player to the left of the small blind, is equal to the minimum bet. In tournament poker, the blind/ante structure periodically increases as the tournament progresses. (In some cases, the small blind is some other fraction of a small bet, e.g. $10 is a common small blind when the big blind is $15, and still other tables may use two equal blinds. The double-blind structure described above is a commonly used and more recent adoption.)

When only two players remain, special ‘head-to-head’ or ‘heads up’ rules are enforced and the blinds are posted differently. In this case, the person with the dealer button posts the small blind, while his/her opponent places the big blind. The dealer acts first before the flop. After the flop, the dealer acts last and continues to do so for the remainder of the hand.

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The three most common variations of hold ‘em are limit hold ‘em, no-limit hold ‘em and pot-limit hold ‘em. Limit hold ‘em has historically been the most popular form of hold ‘em found in casino live action games in the United States.[19] In limit hold ‘em, bets and raises during the first two rounds of betting (pre-flop and flop) must be equal to the big blind; this amount is called the small bet. In the next two rounds of betting (turn and river), bets and raises must be equal to twice the big blind; this amount is called the big bet. No-limit hold ‘em is the form most commonly found in televised tournament poker and is the game played in the main event of the World Series of Poker. In no-limit hold ‘em, players may bet or raise any amount over the minimum raise up to all of the chips the player has at the table (called an all-in bet). The minimum raise is equal to the big blind. If someone wishes to re-raise, they must raise at least the amount of the previous raise. For example, if the big blind is $2 and there is a raise of $6 to a total of $8, a re-raise must be at least $6 more for a total of $14. If a raise or re-raise is all-in and does not equal the size of the previous raise, the initial raiser can not re-raise again. This only matters of course if there was a call before the re-raise. In pot-limit hold ‘em, the maximum raise is the current size of the pot (including the amount needed to call).

Most casinos that offer hold ‘em also allow the player to the left of the big blind to post an optional live straddle, usually double the amount of the big blind, which then acts as the big blind. No-limit games may also allow multiple re-straddles, in any amount that would be a legal raise.[9]
Play of the hand
Each player is dealt two private cards in hold ‘em. They are dealt first.

Play begins with each player being dealt two cards face down, with the player in the small blind receiving the first card and the player in the button seat receiving the last card dealt. (As in most poker games, the deck is a standard 52-card deck containing no jokers.) These cards are the player’s hole or pocket cards. These are the only cards each player will receive individually, and they will only (possibly) be revealed at the showdown, making Texas hold ‘em a closed poker game.

The hand begins with a “pre-flop” betting round, beginning with the player to the left of the big blind (or the player to the left of the dealer, if no blinds are used) and continuing clockwise. A round of betting continues until every player has folded, put in all of their chips, or matched the amount put in by all other active players. See betting for a detailed account. Note that the blinds are considered “live” in the pre-flop betting round, meaning that they contribute to the amount that the blind player must contribute, and that, if all players call around to the player in the big blind position, that player may either check or raise.

After the pre-flop betting round, assuming there remain at least two players taking part in the hand, the dealer deals a flop, three face-up community cards. The flop is followed by a second betting round. This and all subsequent betting rounds begin with the player to the dealer’s left and continue clockwise.

After the flop betting round ends, a single community card (called the turn or fourth street) is dealt, followed by a third betting round. A final single community card (called the river or fifth street) is then dealt, followed by a fourth betting round and the showdown, if necessary.

In all casinos, the dealer will burn a card before the flop, turn, and river. Because of this burn, players who are betting cannot see the back of the next community card to come. This is done for historical/traditional reasons, to avoid any possibility of a player knowing in advance the next card to be dealt due to it being marked.[9]
The showdown

If a player bets and all other players fold, then the remaining player is awarded the pot and is not required to show his hole cards. If two or more players remain after the final betting round, a showdown occurs. On the showdown, each player plays the best poker hand they can make from the seven cards comprising his two hole cards and the five community cards. A player may use both of his own two hole cards, only one, or none at all, to form his final five-card hand. If the five community cards form the player’s best hand, then the player is said to be playing the board and can only hope to split the pot, since each other player can also use the same five cards to construct the same hand.[9]

If the best hand is shared by more than one player, then the pot is split equally among them, with any extra chips going to the first players after the button in clockwise order. It is common for players to have closely-valued, but not identically ranked hands. Nevertheless, one must be careful in determining the best hand; if the hand involves fewer than five cards, (such as two pair or three of a kind), then kickers are used to settle ties (see the second example below). Note that the card’s numerical rank is of sole importance; suit values are irrelevant in Hold’em.
Examples
Sample showdown

Here’s a sample showdown:
Board
4 of clubsKing of spades4 of hearts8 of spades7 of spades
Bob
Ace of clubs4 of diamonds

Carol
Ace of spades9 of spades

Ted
King of heartsKing of diamonds

Alice
5 of diamonds6 of diamonds

Each player plays the best 5-card hand they can make with the seven cards available. They have
Bob     4 of clubs4 of hearts4 of diamondsAce of clubsKing of spades     Three fours, with ace, king kickers
Carol     Ace of spadesKing of spades9 of spades8 of spades7 of spades     Ace-high flush
Ted     King of spadesKing of heartsKing of diamonds4 of clubs4 of hearts     Full house, kings full of fours
Alice     8 of spades7 of spades6 of diamonds5 of diamonds4 of hearts     8-high straight

In this case, Ted’s full house is the best hand, with Carol in 2nd, Alice in 3rd and Bob last.
Sample hand
The blinds for this example hand

Here is a sample game involving four players. The players’ individual hands will not be revealed until the showdown, to give a better sense of what happens during play:

Compulsory bets: Alice is the dealer. Bob, to Alice’s left, posts a small blind of $1, and Carol posts a big blind of $2.

Pre-flop: Alice deals two hole cards face down to each player, beginning with Bob and ending with herself. Ted must act first because he is the first player after the big blind. He cannot check, since the $2 big blind plays as a bet, so he folds. Alice calls the $2. Bob adds an additional $1 to his $1 small blind to call the $2 total. Carol’s blind is “live” (see blind), so she has the option to raise here, but she checks instead, ending the first betting round. The pot now contains $6, $2 from each of three players.

Flop: Alice now burns a card and deals the flop of three face-up community cards, 9? K? 3?. On this round, as on all subsequent rounds, the player on the dealer’s left begins the betting. In this case it is Bob, who checks. Carol opens for $2, Ted has already folded and Alice raises another $2 (puts in $4, $2 to match Carol and $2 to raise), making the total bet now facing Bob $4. He calls (puts in $4, $2 to match Carol’s initial bet and $2 to match Alice’s raise). Carol calls as well, putting in her $2. The pot now contains $18, $6 from the last round and $12 from three players this round.

Turn: Alice now burns another card and deals the turn card face up. It is the 5?. Bob checks, Carol checks, and Alice checks; the turn has been checked around. The pot still contains $18.

River: Alice burns another card and deals the final river card, the 9?, making the final board 9? K? 3? 5? 9?. Bob bets $4, Carol calls, and Alice folds (Alice’s holding was A? 7?; she was hoping the river card would be a club to make her hand a flush).

Showdown: Bob shows his hand of Q? 9?, so the best five-card hand he can make is 9? 9? 9? K? Q?, for three nines, with a king-queen kicker. Carol shows her cards of K? J?, making her final hand K? K? 9? 9? J? for two pair, kings and nines, with a jack kicker. Bob wins the showdown and the $26 pot.
Kickers and ties

Because of the presence of community cards in Texas hold ‘em, different players’ hands can often run very close in value. As a result, it is not uncommon for kickers to be used to determine the winning hand and also for two hands (or maybe more) to tie. A kicker is a card which is part of the five-card poker hand, but is not used in determining a hand’s rank. For instance, in the hand A-A-A-K-Q, the king and queen are kickers.

The following situation illustrates the importance of breaking ties with kickers and card ranks, as well as the use of the five-card rule. After the turn, the board and players’ hole cards are as follows.
Board (after the turn)
8 of spadesQueen of clubs8 of hearts4 of clubs
Bob
King of heartsQueen of spades

Carol
Queen of hearts10 of diamonds

At the moment, Bob is in the lead with a hand of Q? Q? 8? 8? K?, making two pair, queens and eights, with a king kicker. This beats Carol’s hand of Q? Q? 8? 8? 10? by virtue of his king kicker.

Suppose the final card were the A?, making the final board 8? Q? 8? 4? A?. Bob and Carol still each have two pair (Queens and eights), but both of them are now entitled to play the final ace as their fifth card, making their hands both two pair, queens and eights, with an ace kicker. Bob’s king no longer plays, because the ace on the board plays as the fifth card in both hands, and a hand is only composed of the best five cards. They therefore tie and split the pot. However, had the last card been King or lower (except a Queen or Eight which would make a full house, or a Ten which would give Carol a higher second pair), Bob’s King would have stayed in game and he would have won.

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Strategy
See also: Poker strategy

Most poker authors recommend a tight-aggressive approach to playing Texas hold ‘em. This strategy involves playing relatively few hands (tight), but betting and raising often with those that one does play (aggressive).[20] Although this strategy is often recommended, some professional players successfully employ other strategies as well.[20]

Almost all authors agree that where a player sits in the order of play (known as position) is an important element of Texas hold ‘em strategy, particularly in no-limit hold’em.[1] Players who act later have more information than players who act earlier. As a result, players typically play fewer hands from early positions than later positions.

Because of the game’s level of complexity, it has received some attention from academics. One attempt to develop a quantitative model of a Texas hold’em tournament as an isolated complex system has had some success,[41] although the full consequences for optimal strategies remain to be explored. In addition, groups at the University of Alberta and Carnegie Mellon University are developing poker playing programs utilizing techniques in game theory and artificial intelligence.[42][43]
Starting hands
Main article: Texas hold ‘em starting hands
A pair of aces is statistically the best hand to be dealt in Texas Hold’em Poker

Because there are only two cards dealt to each player, it is easy to characterize all of the starting hands. There are (52 × 51) ÷ 2 = 1,326 distinct possible combinations of two cards from a standard 52-card deck. Because no suit is more powerful than another, many of these can be equated for the analysis of starting-hand strategy. For example, although ‘J? J?’ and ‘J? J?’ are distinct combinations of cards, they are of equal value as starting hands.

Viewed this way there are only 169 different hole-card combinations. Thirteen of those hands would be pairs, from 2 through ace. There are 78 ways to have two cards of different rank (12 possible hands containing an ace, 11 possible hands containing a king and no ace, 10 possible hands containing a queen and no ace or king, etc.). Hole cards can both be used in a flush if they are suited, but pairs are never suited, so there would be 13 possible pairs, 78 possible suited non-pairs, and 78 possible unsuited non-pairs, for a total of 169 possible hands.[44] Suited starting cards are stronger than unsuited hands, although the magnitude of this strength in different games is debated.[45]

Because of this limited number of starting hands, most strategy guides involve a detailed discussion of each of these 169 starting hands. This separates hold ‘em from other poker games where the number of starting card combinations forces strategy guides to group hands into broad categories. Another result of this small number is the proliferation of colloquial names for individual hands.[46]
Strategic Differences in Betting Structures

Texas Hold’em is commonly played both as a “cash” or “ring” game and as a tournament game. Strategy for these different forms varies widely.
Cash games
Main article: Ring game

Prior to the invention of poker tournaments, all poker games were played with real money where players bet actual currency (or chips which represented currency). Games which feature wagering actual money on individual hands are still very common and are referred to as “cash games” or “ring games”.

The no-limit and fixed-limit cash game versions of hold ‘em are strategically very different. Doyle Brunson claims that “the games are so different that there are not many players who rank with the best in both types of hold ‘em. Many no-limit players have difficulty gearing down for limit, while limit players often lack the courage and ‘feel’ necessary to excel at no-limit.”[9] Because the size of bets is restricted in limit games, the ability to bluff is somewhat curtailed. Since one is not (usually) risking all of one’s chips in limit poker, players are sometimes advised to take more chances.[9]

Lower stakes games also exhibit different properties than higher stakes games. Small stakes games often involve more players in each hand and can vary from extremely passive (little raising and betting) to extremely aggressive (many raises). The difference of small stakes games have resulted in several books dedicated to only those games.[47]
Tournaments
Main article: Poker tournament

Texas hold ‘em is often associated with poker tournaments largely because it is played as the main event in many of the famous tournaments, including the World Series of Poker’s Main Event, and is the most common tournament overall.[48] Traditionally, a poker tournament is played with chips that represent a player’s stake in the tournament. Standard play allows all entrants to “buy-in” for a fixed amount and all players begin with an equal value of chips. Play proceeds until one player has accumulated all the chips in play. The money pool is redistributed to the players in relation to the place they finished in the tournament. Only a small percentage of the players receive any money, with the majority receiving nothing. “The percentages are not standardized, but common rules of thumb call for one table” (usually nine players) “to get paid for each 100 entrants,” according to poker author Andrew N. S. Glazer, in his book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Poker.[49] A good rule of thumb is that close to 10% of players will be paid in a tournament. As a result the strategy in poker tournaments can be very different from a cash game.

Proper strategy in tournaments can vary widely depending on the amount of chips one has, the stage of the tournament, the amount of chips others have, and the playing styles of one’s opponents.[20] Although some authors still recommend a tight playing style, others recommend looser play (playing more hands) in tournaments than one would otherwise play in cash games. In tournaments the blinds and antes increase regularly, and can become much larger near the end of the tournament. This can force players to play hands that they would not normally play when the blinds were small, which can warrant both more loose and more aggressive play.[50]
Misdeal

If the first or second card dealt to a player as a hole card is exposed, then this is considered a misdeal. The dealer then retrieves the card, reshuffles the deck, and again cuts the cards. However, if any other hole card is exposed due to a dealer error, the deal continues as usual. After completing the deal, the dealer replaces the exposed card with the top card on the deck, and the exposed card is then used as the burn card. If more than one hole card is exposed, a misdeal is declared by the dealer and the hand is dealt again from the beginning.[51]
Evaluating your hand

One of the most important things in this game is knowing how to evaluate your hand. The strategy of playing each hand can be very different according to the strength of your hand, for example on a strong hand a player might want to try to appear weak in order not to scare off other players with weaker hands and on a weak hand a player might try to bluff other players into folding. There are several ways to evaluate your hand strength, two of the most common are counting outs and using calculators.

* Counting outs – the reasoning behind this method is in counting cards that are still in the deck which in combination with the cards in your hand will give you a combination with very high chances of wining.

Those cards are called “outs” and your hand strength can be measured by how many outs are still in the deck (if there are many outs then the probability to get one of them is high and therefore you have a strong hand).

* Calculators – calculators are poker tools that calculate the odds of your hand (combined with the cards on the table if there are any) to win the game. Calculators provide precise odds but they can’t be used in live games and mostly used on Internet poker games.

Similar games

There are several other poker variants which resemble Texas hold ‘em. Hold ‘em is a member of a class of poker games known as community card games, where some cards are available for use by all the players. There are several other games that use five community cards in addition to some private cards and are thus similar to Texas hold ‘em. Royal hold ‘em has the same structure as Texas hold ‘em, but the deck contains only Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Tens.[52] Pineapple and Omaha hold ‘em both vary the number of cards an individual receives before the flop (along with the rules regarding how they may be used to form a hand), but are dealt identically afterward.[53][54] In Double Texas Hold’em, each player receives 3 hole cards and establishes a middle common card that plays with each of the other cards, but the outer cards don’t play with each other (each player has two 2-card hands).[55] Alternatively, in Double-board hold’em all players receive the same number of private cards, but there are two sets of community cards. The winner is either selected for each individual board with each receiving half of the pot, or the best overall hand takes the entire pot, depending on the rules agreed upon by the players.[56]

Manila is a hold’em variant popular in Australia. In Manila, players receive two private cards from a reduced deck (containing no cards lower than 7). A five card board is dealt, unlike Texas hold ‘em, one card at a time; there is a betting round after each card. Manila has several variations of its own, similar to the variants listed above.

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