In the last few years poker has grown massively around the world, whether its pay poker, free poker, online poker play or casino poker play. Here is my guide to the types of games that are available and how they are played.

Firstly, the most popular, No Limit Texas Holde'em Poker - The most popular paid and free online poker game type. This is also available in a limit style as well. This is played with Blinds (to initiate action) and sometimes antes. You get two hole cards followed by a round of betting.

Next up is the flop, three community cards followed by another round of betting.

After that is the turn (one community card) followed by another round of betting.

Last up is the river same as the turn but final card.

Now for the betting in limit style you can only increase the bets by the minimum value. In no-limit you can bet as much as you want at any point. Best five card hand wins.

The next game is Omaha - Omaha is pretty similar to hold'em, however it is played with 4 hole cards rather than 2. Betting is the same though. The difference with Omaha poker is that you need to use 2 hole cards and 3 community cards to complete your 5 card hand.

Next up is Omaha hi-lo - This is played just like straight Omaha but high hand and low hand (eight or lower) split the pot.

Seven card stud - This is played by players being dealt two cards face down and four cards faced up and one card down. After the first two cards dealt down and one up the low card will be what they call the bring in bet this initiated betting etcetera. Now after this is completed a round of betting will occur after each card dealt. Best five card hand wins.

Seven stud hi-lo - This is virtually the same as normal stud, however a the high and low hands split the pot.

Razz - This is a version of seven stud but the best low hand wins.

Badugai - This is a four card triple draw game where the goal is to make best low hand with a card from each suit.

Five card triple draw - This is standard five card draw with 3 draws at making the best low hand.

Finally Horse - This is a mixture of multiple games and is the most difficult one of all.

I hope you found this to be useful and helpful. If you are new to poker then my best tip is to play some free poker online and get a feel for the game before hitting the money tables and winning big!.