Here in Poker Rules, we cover four main areas: Official Rules, Hand Rankings, Definitions/History, and Ethics/Techniques.
In Official Rules, we have standardized compilations like Hoyle's and game specific info for Texas Holdem and 3 card Stud.
For Ranking, we explain how Poker Hands are ranked.
In Definitions, we have definitions of common Poker terms, as well as terms used to call specific hands, plus some history of the game.
In Ethics, we discuss honesty and integrity, play ettiquite and bad judgement.
If you keep any significant funds at an online poker room, don't neglect to check on them frequently by logging in, even if you don't play a hand. If you don't you may find your money gone, or reduced by fees. Sometimes, those fees are huge.
UIGEA Rules Published As far as the UIGEA rules go, no payment system is completely exempted, but most of the participants apparently are.
The Prime Directive You could call them the Categorical Imperatives of poker, prime directives, golden rules. Players must know and understand these.
Purity At The Poker Tables "The rules of poker were designed to minimize the number of people that had to be shot at the table." ...Purists for the game of poker don't seem to be wild about the changing boundaries and attitudes. Read on.
Poker Cheats: Those Cheating Games Know any Poker Cheats? Do you know all there is to know about the cheating game? Well, first there's kisses, apparently; then... Oops. No, it seems we've been misinformed. But there's more than one crying game.
Faith, Hope and Ratholing ...And the greatest of these is NOT ratholing. (Also called "squirrelling.") A look at taking money out of play while in a poker game.
How To Get Thrown Out Of A Poker Game Where is our poker trash-talking and in-your-face confrontation leading us? In case you need to have bad behavior spelled out for you, this is it.