Fourth Betting Round

(In this round amongst the 6 players only 5 players will act or will get the prompts because in the third betting round Ann had folded)

The turn (fourth community card) is dealt before the fourth betting round begins.
In this round, the player left to the dealer is the first to start the action i.e. Juliet. She has the options of fold, check or bet ($20).

Juliet BETS $20

Mike will get the options of fold, call ($20) or raise ($40) (call + $20 (higher limit of the stake)

Mike RAISES $40

The next player to act i.e. Sam will get the prompts of fold, call ($40) or raise ($60) (call + $20 (higher limit of the stake)

Sam CALLS $40

The next player to get the prompts will be Chris, and the prompts that he will get are fold, call ($40) or raise ($60) (call + $20 (higher limit of the stake)

Chris FOLDS
(He folded because after seeing his hole cards and the fifth and final board card he noticed that he will not make the best 5 card winning hand).

As Chris folds and withdraws from further participation in that hand, Ron will get the same options of fold, call $40 or raise $60 (call +$20)

Ron RE-RAISES $60

Juliet will get the prompt of fold, call ($40) (As she had already put in $20 she will have to put in more $40 to call) or raise ($80) (call +$20)

Juliet CALLS $40

Mike gets the options of fold, call ($20) (As he had already put in $40 he will have to put in more $20 to call) or raise ($80) (call +$20)

Mike CALLS $20

Sam gets the prompts of fold, call ($20) (As he had already put in $40 he will have to put in more $20 to call) or raise ($80) (call +$20)
Sam CALLS $20

As soon as Sam calls, the fourth and the final betting round ends because the wages put in by all the players have equaled. The pot accumulated in the final betting round is $240.

The total of the pot is $1100 that is known as main pot.
$1100 = $240 + $60 (pot accumulated at the end of the first betting round) + $ 300 (pot accumulated at the end of the second betting round) + $500 (pot accumulated at the end of the fourth and the final betting round

SHOWDOWN:

At the end of fourth betting round there is a showdown. Showdown refers to showing the best five card hand. There can be one or more than one winner at the showdown (in case of ties and all-in).

In the above example, Ron holds

Juliet holds

Mike holds

Sam holds

The flop is

Turn Card (the fourth community card)

And the river card (the fifth community card)

There are only four players remaining at the showdown; who shows the following hands.

Juliet shows TWO PAIRS – pair of Aces and Kings.

Mike made his TWO PAIRS i.e. pair of Aces and pair of Queens.

Sam made THREE OF A KIND with 3 Aces

Ron made a FULL HOUSE with Aces full of kings

Therefore according to the hand ranking, the winner in the above example is Ron with Aces full of kings. He wins the main pot of $1100.

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