No Limit Texas Hold'em Poker is the most popular poker game in casinos and in online poker rooms today.
  Many people are attracted to No Limit Texas Hold'em because of the large televised tournaments which offer huge pay outs, poker professionals, Hollywood celebrities and lots of action.
  If you are new to poker there are a few basic fundamentals you will need to know before you hit the poker rooms.
  This article will cover Texas Hold'em: starting hands poker for beginners.
What is No-Limit Texas Holdem? Texas Hold'em is a community card game where each player is dealt two cards face down and then five community cards are dealt in the middle of the table.
  Players have to make the best poker hand using any combination of their dealt two cards or "hole cards" and the community cards.
Texas Hold'em is played using small and big blind bets which are forced bets placed in the middle of the poker table by the first two players left of the dealer button.
  The dealer button is placed in front of the player that has been dealt the highest face up card before the game starts, and the button moves clockwise after each hand.
The small blind is posted by the player to the left of the dealer and is usually half of the big blind.
  For example if the big blind is $5 then the small blind is $2.
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  The big blind is posted by the poker player to the left of the small blind.
  Players who want to play in the hand then either call the big blind bet or place bets to make a pot by making a raise.
The pot is the sum of all antes, blinds and bets wagered in a round in the middle of the table and the player with the best hand at the showdown after the 5 community cards are dealt wins the pot.
  After every player receives their hole cards and calls, bets and raises have been made, the community cards are dealt as follows: 1.
  Three face-up community cards called the flop are dealt 2.
  Round of betting or checking 3.
  Turn or Fourth Street card dealt 4.
  Round of betting or checking 5.
  River or Fifth Street card dealt 6.
  Round of betting or checking If there are more than two players left after the fifth card is dealt each player has to showdown (show their two cards face up on the table) for the dealer to determine who has the winning poker hand and has won the pot.
  As a new player to No Limit Texas Hold'em you need to know which starting hands are considered strong.
  As you become more skilled and learn more about Texas Hold'em you will learn that it's not just the best starting cards that count, position also plays a huge role and will dictate the strength of your starting hand.
  Here is a list of the best starting hands-poker for beginners A-A  This hand is considered the strongest hand in poker.
  Pocket Aces are also known as bullets, pocket rockets and American Airlines, K-K  The second strongest hand in poker.
Pocket Kings are also known as King Kong and cowboys, Q-Q  Pocket Queens are known as the Hilton sisters, Sigfried and Roy and the ladies.
  J-J  Pocket Jacks also known as fish hooks.
10-10  Pocket Tens are known as Bo Derek, Dimes, or Tension A-K  Ace King is also known as Anna Kournikova, big slick A-Q   Ace Queen also known as little slick A-J   Ace Jack is also known as Ajax, blackjack, hijack A-10   Ace Ten also known as bookends, Johnny Moss K-Q  King Queen also known as royal couple Also there are all the medium and small pocket pairs from 9-9, 8-8, 7-7, 6-6, 5-5, 4-4, 3-3, and 2-2, with these types of hands you really want to hit another card on the flop, this way you will have three of a kind which is a very strong hand.
If you stick to the basics of playing good starting hands when you next play Hold'em Poker with your friends or at a casino, you will see a great improvement in your play.
Playing like this is called tight - aggressive play and requires discipline not to get bored as you will fold a lot of hands because you are only playing the top 10% of hands.
Remember as soon as you get a good hand like A-A, K-K etc, raise the bet to at least 3-5 times the blind to force people out, this way you will have a better chance of winning against fewer players in the pot.
Good Luck at the tables!