The basic rules in all of these online games are pretty much the same as in Regular Poker, considering the value of the cards, ranking of the hands etc.

•  Texas Hold 'em

Texas Hold 'em poker is the favorite and the best game of poker played by most Poker-playing people around the world. On PartyPoker.com, one deck of cards (52 cards) is used to play a hand of poker.

It is one of the very few games that can be mastered in a matter of minutes by anyone. You can be playing fairly well with a few hours practice.

The objective of Hold ‘em is to make your best five card hand using any combination of the five cards on the board and the two in your hand.

The dealer-button in this kind of poker is used to indicate the dealer of each hand. Just like standard poker, after the termination of each hand, the button moves clockwise to the next active player who is then considered as the new dealer for that hand.

Hold'em poker are three types of Texas Hold'em games:

•  Limit Texas Hold ‘em: with specific betting limit applied in each game and on each round of betting.

•  Pot Limit Texas Hold ‘em: A player can bet what is in the pot.

•  No Limit Texas Hold ‘em: without a specified betting limit. Player can bet all chips at any time.

Omaha Hi (also known as Omaha High)
Even Omaha Hi poker uses the dealer-button the same way as Texas Hold ‘em uses. The objective of this kind of poker is to make both your best five card high hand using exactly two hole cards, and three board cards.

Omaha Hi is more of a community card game. Every player is dealt four cards face down, followed by five community cards dealt face up in the middle of the table. The five community cards may be used by every player.

There are two types of Omaha High games:

•  Limit Omaha High: with specific betting limit applied in each game and on each round of betting.

•  Pot Limit Omaha High: A player can bet what is in the pot.

You can play these games for free or with real money at PartyPoker.com.

Omaha 8 or Better (also known as Ohama Hi-Lo)
Ohama 8 or Better is also a community card game and an extremely popular one. Here too, the ‘dealer button' rules remain the same. What differs is the objective. The objective of Omaha 8 or Better is to make both your best five card high hand, and your best five card low hand, using exactly two hole cards, and three board cards.

Same as Omaha Hi, every player is dealt four cards face down, followed by five community cards dealt face up in the middle of the table. The five community cards may be used by every player.

There are mainly two types of Omaha 8 or Better games played worldwide:

•  Limit Omaha 8 or Better: with specific betting limit applied in each game and on each round of betting.

•  Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better: A player can bet what is in the pot.

Seven Card Stud
Seven Card Stud, the most favorite poker in the Stud Poker series is played between two and eight players. Seven cards are dealt to each player to start with, three of them face down, and the other four face up.

The objective here is to make your best five card hand using any combination of the seven cards you are dealt.

Stud 8 or Better
Stud 8 or Better is another well-known form of poker. It is also played with upto eight players at the table. Seven cards are dealt to each player to start with, three of them face down, and the other four face up.

The objective here is to make both your best five card high hand, and your best five card low hand, using any combination of the seven cards you are dealt.