Guides for home game hosts

Practical guides for the person who brings the table, the chips and the snacks.

• How to host a poker night at home
  A practical checklist for hosting a home poker game: how many players, chips and starting stacks, blinds, cards, house rules and how to end the night.
• Texas hold'em hand rankings
  Poker hand rankings from royal flush to high card, with examples, how ties and kickers work, and the questions that come up most at home games.
• Say your action out loud
  Saying "call", "raise to 300" or "fold" before you move chips keeps a home poker game clear, fair and fast. The etiquette that prevents most arguments.