It's amazing how just a hundred-odd years Texas Hold'em was able to win a popularity which now exceeds other varieties of poker, not only in land-based casinos, but in the online poker rooms where you can download and play poker Texas Hold'em.

So, what exactly is Hold'em? This is a game with community cards on the table, as well as hole cards that getting your hands on each player. The task of each player participating in the game - to make a winning combination of five cards. The player who manages to make the best hand - wins the pot (pot), generated by the players in Hold'em poker.

You can play Hold'em tournaments, which are also divided into several varieties, cash game available in the online poker rooms or offline casino. The game play is usually 9-10 players (full table), 6 players (short table), as well as two players (heads-up poker or poker one on one). Fun to play Hold'em with friends, at home. Not necessarily money, but just for fun, or for the more adventurous and daring, you can try to strip poker, which is also ideal Hold'em.

Now simply download Texas Hold'em on any of the sites and hone your skills playing the tables that combine a lot of people from all over the world, different nationalities, systems of values, worldview. They are united by only one thing - the love of Hold'em poker. However, Texas Hold'em gained its popularity not only in the online and offline poker rooms, but also in film, television and popular magazines.

Starting poker expansion was put on television with the release in 1998 of the film «Rounders» (Rounders). This film, as recognized by many poker players , it inspired them to learn more in detail, what is Texas Hold'em. The main roles are played by Matt Damon and Edward Norton. Then on the TV screen blue and Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel, Johnny Chan. Also the theme of poker has been affected in one of the great movie "James Bond".