The Silks Poker Room features 8 different types of live action games.

Texas Hold’em:
Texas Hold’em is the world’s most popular poker game, made even more popular in recent years by widespread television coverage.

In Texas Hold’em, a dealer button is placed in front of a player, and the two players left of the dealer button post a blind.
The big blind is twice the amount of the small blind.
All players then receive two cards face down.
A betting round follows beginning with the player left of the blind.

The dealer then turns over three community cards in the middle of the table.
Another betting round follows, starting with the player left of the dealer button.
The dealer then turns a over fourth community card followed by a betting round, the a fifth and final community card followed by a betting round.

The winner is the person with the best five-card hand using any combination of their own two cards and the community cards.

“Action” Texas Hold’em:
“Action” Texas Hold’em at The Silks Poker Room is played with an ante.

Crazy Pineapple:
In Crazy Pineapple, players are dealt three cards face down, after the player left of the dealer button posts a blind.

The first betting round starts with the player left of the blind.
The dealer turns over three community cards in the middle of the table, followed by another betting round starting with the player left of the dealer button.
Players then discard one of the three cards dealt directly to them.
As in Texas Hold’em, the dealer then turns over a fourth community card, followed by a betting round, and then a fifth community card, followed by a betting round.
The winner is the person with the best five-card hand using any combination of their remaining two cards and the community cards.

Seven-Card Stud:
Seven-Card at the Silks Poker Room requires each player put up a $.50-cent ante into the pot.
All players then receive two cards face down and one card face up.
The first betting round starts with the player that has the low card showing.
The dealer then deals each player one more card, followed by a betting round.
That repeats until player have four cards showing.
The last card is dealt face down.
A betting round follows.
The winner is the player with the best five-card hand from the seven dealt.

Omaha Hi-Lo:
Omaha Hi-Lo has players consider up to nine cards to make the winning five-card hand.
Pots often grow large in Omaha, as players will often stay in hands much longer than in other games.
Omaha opens with the dealer placing a button in front of a player and the player left of the dealer button posting a blind.
All players then receive four cards face down.
There is a betting round starting with the player left of the blind.
The dealer turns over three community cards in the middle of the table, followed by another betting round starting with the player left of the dealer button.
The dealer will turn over two more cards in the center, one at a time (for a total of five community cards), followed by betting each time.
To win, players must have the best five-card hand using two cards from those dealt to them, combined with three community cards.
No other card combinations are allowed.
In Omaha hi-lo, the lowest hand (8 high or lower) shares the pot.

"Action" Omaha Hi-Lo:
"Action" Omaha hi-lo requires an ante, which is what differentiates the game from Omaha Hi-Lo.
In "Action Omaha Hi-Lo," the highest hand and lowest hand (8 high or lower) share the pot.

Omaha Hi Only:
Omaha Hi Only differs from Omaha Hi-Lo in that only the player with the highest hand takes the pot home.

Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo:
Seven-card stud at the Silks Poker Room requires each player put up an ante into the pot.
All players then receive two cards face down and one card face up.
The first betting round starts with the player that has the low card showing.
The dealer then deals each player one more card, followed by a betting round.
That repeats until player has four cards showing.
The last card is dealt face down.
A betting round follows.
The winner is the player with the best five-card hand from the seven dealt.
The low hand, 8 or lower, shares the pot.