Texas Hold'em in a minute

• The deal: two private cards each, five shared cards dealt face up in the middle. Best five-card hand out of your seven wins.
• Betting: four rounds — before the flop, after the flop (3 cards), the turn (1) and the river (1). On your turn: fold, check (if nothing to call), call, or bet/raise.
• Blinds: the two seats after the dealer button post the small and big blind to start the pot. The button moves every hand.
• All-in: you can never lose more than your stack. Side pots keep it fair when stacks differ.
• Showdown: if two or more players are left after the river, hands are revealed and the best takes the pot. Everyone folds? Last player standing takes it without showing.

Hand rankings — best to worst

1. Royal flushA-K-Q-J-10, one suit
2. Straight flushfive in a row, one suit
3. Four of a kindquads
4. Full housetrips + a pair
5. Flushfive of one suit
6. Straightfive in a row
7. Three of a kindtrips
8. Two pairtwo pairs
9. Pairone pair
10. High cardhope and prayers