Noob Handicap

Make sure you’re not playing Royal Hold’em, unless you want to. =) Royal removes all but the face cards… which makes the deck smaller, the hands easier to figure out (a little), and can be pretty fun, but definitely confusing if you stumble into it by accident!

The color of the felt/background on the table should let you know when you’re playing a different variant, though it can be difficult to tell otherwise.