DEALING CARDS AND BETTING ROUNDS

• Check – To check is to decline the opportunity to open the betting. Players can only check when there is no bet during the current round, and the act of checking passes the action clockwise to the next person in the hand. If all active players check, those players remain in the hand and the round is considered complete.

• Bet – Players may bet if no other players have bet during the current round. Once a bet has been made, other players must ‘call’ by matching the amount bet, in order to remain in the hand.

• Fold – Players who fold forfeit their cards and cannot win or act again during the current hand.

• Call – Players can call if other players have bet during the current round; this requires the calling player to match the highest bet made.