Texas Hold Em'

I'm writing this blog today because I just won eighty dollars playing Texas hold em' poker.  Texas hold em' is one of the many poker card games.  Each player recieves two playing cards in a random order and has to make the best of them.  An ace is the highest or best card in the deck and the deuce is the lowest or weakest card in the deck.  Based on those two cards a player is allowed a round of betting at their discretion.  If a bet is placed by any player each player after him or her must match the bet or discontinue the hand and win no money.  Once the bet is placed, the flop comes out.  The flop is a set of three community cards in which each player can use to strengthen their orignal hand.  After that, another round of betting occurs unless everyone checks.  A check is when a player passes the motion to the next player.  Therefore, the next player can either check or bet and so on.  If a player bets then every person following that player must match the bet or raise the bet.  A raise is when a player bets and the person in the next order doubles, triples or places a higher bet.  After those bets have been placed the turn comes out.  The turn is the fourth card on the community that players use to strengthen their orignal hand.  Another round of betting takes place and then the final card comes out on the community which is called the river.  After the river, another round of checking or betting occurs at the players discretion.  When those bets have been placed, each remaining player in the card hand turns over their cards to see who has the winning hand.  Whomever wins the hand recieves all the earnings on the table or in the pot.  The pot is all the money from players betting.
Texas hold em' is a game in which you never really know what another player is holding in their hand.  You basically make blind bets based off of your hand or what you think another person has.  Often times you may see poker players wearing sunglasses or hats to cover their eyes.  This is because some people believe the look in someone's eyes can give them away.  If this is true, sunglasses and hats would be a great disguise.  Although poker is fun to play it can be addictive so I try to play with a set amount of money.  If I win money, I take half of my winnings and play again.  If I lose money I put up more but very little.  If I lose that money then I quit.  As long as I'm winning I continue playing.  Sometimes you have to know when to hold em' and sometimes you have to know when to fold em'!