Texas Hold’Em, also referred to as hold’em, is the most widely played poker game in casinos and card rooms throughout North America and Europe. Texas Hold’Em is a community card game where players use any combination of the five community cards in addition to their two hole cards to build the best possible 5-card poker hand.

Texas Hold’Em dates back to the early 1900’s in Texas; however the exact date and location cannot be traced. Since its inception, hold’em has seen waves of popularity and exposure. During the mid 1980’s hold’em received national exposure when the World Series of Poker (WSOP) began to be televised on national TV. On top of the WSOP, hold’em was the focus of the 1998 Hollywood movie Rounders, starring Matt Damon and Edward Norton as quasi-professional poker players. The movie showed poker as a way of life and the gritty world attached to it.

Having reached moderate success during the 20th century, the 2000’s were and still are, the high days of Texas Hold’Em. The game has received overwhelming exposure on television, the Internet, Hollywood movies and popular literature. Furthermore, hold’em has seen its popularity grow due to the television coverage of the WSOP. This event, in addition to the World Poker Tour (WPT), has, in the recent past, taken over the television airways. It’s difficult to tune into a sports channel and for poker to not be on, in some respect. Professional poker players have become household names, and are being used to endorse Internet casinos, land-based casinos and poker tournaments worldwide.

Poker is here and experts forecast, its not going anywhere. So if you’re a gambling enthusiast and enjoy playing poker, try hold’em the next time you’re at your favourite online casino, it may just be the game you have been looking for.