• Limit - There is a set table maximum bet.
• Pot Limit - Players can bet up to the total amount in the pot.
• No Limit - Players can bet all the chips they have.

Here's how a game of Texas Hold'em deals out:

• The 2 players to the left of the dealer must make a small blind and a big blind. (A 'blind' is when a player must 'post' a bet before looking at cards. The value of the blind should be posted at your table, and the small blind is half that amount.)
• After both blinds have been placed the dealer will deal 2 cards face down to each player.
• Then there is a round of betting.
• After the first round of betting the dealer will lay 3 cards face up in the middle of the table. These cards are 'communal', meaning for everyone at the table to use in their hands.
• Another round of betting follows.
• After the bets a fourth card is placed face up.
• There is a betting round.
• Then the last card is placed face up.
• There is the final round of betting.
• Remaining players show their hands, with the last player who bet showing first (players who cannot beat the hand shown may 'muck' their cards - they do not have to show). The winner takes the pot.