This play poker quiz will test your knowledge of Texas Holdem Poker. There are 10 questions and answers to increase your poker lingo level along with the side benefit of impressing your poker-playing friends.
Deal the cards and let’s play some Holdem Poker. 

Play Poker Quiz Questions 1 - 5
1) How many cards down do poker players receive at the beginning of each deal? 
A. 2 Cards.
B. 3 Cards.
C. 5 Cards.
   
2) The Dealer then deals 3 community cards called this with holdem poker games?
A. Rake. 
B. Flop. 
C. Muck. 
     
3) You should continue playing if your first two cards dealt in these poker games are?  
A. Any pair.
B. Two Queens or Better.
C. Both of the above.

4) What does the poker term Board Cards mean in Texas Holdem?
A. Cards not yet Dealt. 
B. Community Cards in the middle of the table.
C. Cards held by your opponent when playing Head to Head Poker.      
     
5) When poker players refer to Muck, what do they mean?
A. Discard Pile. 
B. A bad hand where the player is bluffing.
C. Misdeal.  

Play Poker Quiz Questions 6-10   
6) What does the poker term Snap Off mean in Texas Holdem?
A. Player drops out of play for this round.
B. Player calls the bluffer and wins with a second-rate hand.    
C. Dealer leaves the game to be replaced.

7) Choosing to play a starting hand in Texas Holdem is the most important decision poker players will make. The most important factor to consider is?
A. Your two starting cards only.
B. Your position.
C. If you can bluff your opponents.

8) Poker players starting hand consists of two suited cards. How often will you make a flush?
A. 20% of the time.
B. 15% of the time.
C.   5% of the time.

9) The relationship between the money in the pot and the size of a bet you must call is known as?
A. Reverse odds
B. Pot Odds
C. Implied odds.

10) Slow playing by poker players is checking or calling with a strong hand instead of betting or raising during one round to win more money during later betting rounds. You should slow play when?
A. There are many players active in the hand.
B. The pot is big.
C. You have the nuts.

Play Poker Quiz Answers. So, how did you meet the holdem play poker quiz challenge?

1) A. The dealer deals out 2 cards face down one at a time to each player.

2) B. Flop: 3 Community Cards dealt up in front of the dealer.

3) B. Continue playing with strong starting cards if first two cards are two aces, two kings and/or two queens. Other possible strong starting cards are A-K or A-Q suited.

4) B. Board Cards: Community Cards in the middle of the table shared by all players.

5) A. Muck: The name of the discard pile for Poker.

Play Poker Quiz Answers 6 - 10
6) B. Snap Off: Player calls the bluffer and beat him/her with a second-rate hand—'tis a beautiful thing!

7) B. Holdem is a positional game. Not all hands are playable from every position. You need a much stronger hand to play from early position than you do from late position. If you play a weak hand in early position, you may be raised or re-raised by the players acting after you.
 
8) C. When you start suited, you will only make a flush about 5 percent of the time. The biggest mistake made by many novice players is playing any suited cards from any position.
 
9) B. Pot odds are the relationship between the current bet and the current size of the pot. If the pot had $20 and the bet is $5, you are getting 4 to 1 pot odds.
If you were drawing to an inside straight with one card to come, the odds of making the hand is 10.5 to 1. If you were only getting 4 to 1 in pot odds you are not getting correct odds to make the call.
 
10) C. You should only slow play when you have the nuts (best hand that can’t be beaten) or near nut hand. You don’t want to give a player a free card by checking when they might draw a card that can beat you.
You want to win big pots so if the pot is already big go for it and bet your hand. 

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