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Texas Hold'em Poker is a card game for up to six players. The object of Texas Hold'em is to have the highest ranking hand at the end of several betting rounds by making the best five-card hand using any combination of the two cards that are dealt to you and the five cards in the center of the table. The player with the highest hand wins all of the tokens that have been placed in the pot.

At the start of the game, players are dealt two cards. There is then one round of betting, in which players can place new bets, match the current bet (known as "calling"), raise the amount of the current bet, or stop betting and drop out of the hand (known as "folding").

Once all players have either bet the same amount of tokens or folded, three cards are dealt into the center of the table. These cards are known as "community cards" because they can be used by any player to make a poker hand. There is another round of betting, and then a fourth community card is dealt into the center of the table. There is another round of betting, and a fifth and final card is dealt into the center of the table, followed by one last round of betting.

Once this last round of betting is over, all players who are left in the game reveal the two cards they are holding face-down. The players' hands are the best five card hand that can be made using any combination of the two face-down cards in their hands, and the five face up community cards.

The player with the highest ranked hand wins all the money that is left in the pot.

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Advancing in ranks in Texas Hold 'Em Poker works in the following ways:

• Your rank value increases for winning tokens.
• Your rank value decreases for losing tokens.
• However, your rank value will decrease at a slower rate for losing tokens than it increases for winning tokens.
• The amount that your rank goes up or down depends on how many tokens you win and what room you're playing in.
• The amount your rank is affected is normalized based on the minimum bet for that room. However, you do get a slight boost for playing in a higher stakes room than in a lower stakes room.
• Playing in a Just for Fun room affects your ranking less than playing in a "real" token room.
• Playing against computer opponents doesn't affect your ranking as much as playing against human opponents.
• Although your rank value does decrease for losing tokens, you'll never drop down a rank. Once you've reached a particular rank, it's yours to keep.

There are no badges awarded upon reaching specific ranks.  Instead, badges are awarded when players are dealt specific hands.  Those badges are shown at the end of the Rank Table. 

Rank	Rank Image		Rank	Rank Image
0
1			51
2			52
3			53
4			54
5			55
6			56
7			57
8			58
9			59
10			60
11			61
12			62
13			63
14			64
15			65
16			66
17			67
18			68
19			69
20			70
21			71
22			72
23			73
24			74
25			75
26			76
27			77
28			78
29			79
30			80
31			81
32			82
33			83
34			84
35			85
36			86
37			87
38			88
39			89
40			90
41			91
42			92
43			93
44			94
45			95
46			96
47			97
48			98
49			99
50

In-Game Badges

There are three "in game" badges you can earn when you are dealt specific hands.  Getting dealt the hands to win these badges is random.  Some players get the badges on their first game, some players played thousands of games before getting these badges.  If you play Texas Hold 'Em Poker a lot, you will surely get these badges several times!

Name of Badge	Hand to be Dealt	Badge
Natural Royal Flush Badge	Get a natural Ace-high straight flush (also known as a "Royal Flush").
Natural Four Aces Badge	Get four Aces (with any kicker, as long as it's not a Joker).