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The Flop
The flop in poker is the first three community cards that are dealt in a hand of poker in community card games like Texas Holdem and Omaha. Community cards are the shared cards that are dealt face up on the table that all players can use. In Hold'em, players will use any of the two cards in their hand and the five community cards that are dealt to make the best 5 card hand combination.
Players would initially decide whether they want to play and would base their decision on the two hole cards they are dealt (although some other factors such as position and opponents would come into play). Players who stay in the hand would then be dealt the first three of five community cards to be dealt. These three cards are known as the 'Flop' and there are 22,100 possible different flops that can be dealt. Players would now either have hit a hand or an idea whether they are likely to make one (the number of outs or cards that could come that would make them their hand). This would be followed by a round of betting.
There are a few key elements to understand when looking at the flop. Firstly, understanding hand values pre flop and post flop is essential. To put it into contact, let's assume that you hold A
A
. Now this i the best hand you can start with in a game. Up against three other players, the board reads K K
5. You raise and your opponent re-raises all in. Now this is just an example of how hand value can change once the flop is dealt. In pre flop play you would be looking to base decisions on your opponents, your table position and the strength of your hole cards.
Once the flop is dealt, yo need to re-evaluate the strength of your hand again. In the example above you can see that the best starting hand possible is transformed in an instant to what looks to be the second best hand.
Once the flop is dealt, there is another round of betting before the turn card (fourth community card) or Fourth Street is dealt and another round of betting.
A final community card is then dealt, also known as Fifth Street, a final round of betting and then showdown where players will turn over their cards to see who has the best hand.
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