Popular in the Northwestern United States and Canada, Yukon hold'em is a lesser-known variation on Texas hold'em poker where players are given the choice between two sets of community cards, rather than one. If you'd like to learn more about the unique game, read on to find out how to play Yukon hold'em poker.

Similar to Texas hold'em, each player is dealt two hole cards which they can only use. A round of betting follows, then rather than the flop, or the community cards dealt to the table, containing three cards, in Yukon, two sets of two community cards each are dealt. Players are permitted to use just one of the two sets, but not both, to create their best five-card hand. Another round of betting occurs then a third community card is added to each of the two groups of community cards, making two sets of three cards each. Players bet once again, then a final community card, which can be used with one of the two three-card piles plus the hole cards is dealt. A final round of betting ends the hand and a showdown, if necessary follows with the player holding the highest-ranking hand winning the pot.http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.pokern.com/poker-regeln/yukon-holdem-poker.html&ei=ddxRS6juK5C1tgf49LgB&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CD0Q7gEwADgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Yukon%2BHold%2527em%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D10

To get started, everyone will need to understand the rules and rankings of hands. Things like the amounts of the blinds and any limits need to be decided, then play can begin with the dealing, betting and of course bluffing.

1. Rather than burning a card, placing it face down and out of play, between each deal, this step can be omitted completely.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_hold_%27em
2. Similar to Omaha hi-lo, the game can be played low, with the lowest-ranking hand (2, 3, 4, 5, 7) winning the pot. Similarly, a Yukon hi-lo can award half the pot to the person with the highest-ranking hand and the other half to the person with the lowest-ranking hand.
3. In a variation known as Tulsa hold'em, the final community card can be wild, making each card of that rank wild as well. For instance, should a three be flipped up as the final community card, all other three cards in the hand would be wild as well. This variation requires the ranking of hands be altered to account for unconventional hands, like more than four of a kind, allowed to be played.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukon_hold_%27em
4. If desired, the minimum bid amount can be doubled or increased during the final two rounds of betting.
5. For added fun, rather than posting a small and large blind before the hole cards are dealt, a standard round of betting can occur. Players can bet up to the table limit, if any, with each player wishing to play in the hand being required to play in the hand.

As the game is quite similar Texas hold'em, many of the rules, as well as the hand rankings, are the same.

1. Blinds and minimum bet amounts can vary from a few pennies to hundreds of dollars, providing everyone at the table agrees to the amounts. Blinds can increase throughout the game at specific time intervals if desired.
2. The game can be played with a limit to the bets, like pot limit, or as a no-limit game. Just like the amount of the blinds and minimum bets, this needs to be agreed upon before play begins.
3. Aces can be used both high and low when making a straight.
4. A minimum of two players and maximum of nine can play at each table. Additionally, each table will need a standard 52-card deck and objects, most commonly poker chips, to use when betting.
5. Gameplay always follows a clockwise direction, including the betting and dealing of cards. The first person to the left of the dealer required to bet the small blind and the person to his or her left required to make the large blind. The dealer, or dealer button, will move one seat clockwise after each hand.
6. Hands are ranked just the same as they are in Texas hold'em or stud games including:

After everyone knows all the rules and the details of the game are determined, it's time to play!

1. The person to the immediate left of the dealer posts the small blind and the person to his or her immediate left posts the big blind.
2. The dealer gives each player two hold cards, face down.
3. Starting with the person three seats left of the dealer, each player can call the big blind, raise the bet or fold.
4. A card is "burned" (turned down and not used), then two sets of two cards each are turned up to be used as community cards.
5. Starting with the player to the immediate left of the dealer, players can check, bet, raise, call or fold.
6. Another card is burned, then a third face-up card is added to each of the two sets of community cards, making a total of six cards on the table.
7. Betting continues, again starting with the player to the left of the dealer with players allowed to check, bet, raise, call or fold.
8. A third card is burned and a final community card is placed face up on the table. This card can be used with either of the two sets of three community cards as well as each player's hole cards to create the best five-card hand.
9. A final round of betting follows, again with players permitted to check, bet, call, raise or fold.
10. The hand goes to the showdown where, starting with the first player to the left of the dealer, each player flips their hole cards to display their hand. The player with the highest-ranking hand wins the pot. Should two player tie, the pot is split between each winner.
11. The cards are shuffled and the dealer, or dealer button, is moved one seat clockwise and the process is repeated for each hand.http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.pokern.com/poker-regeln/yukon-holdem-poker.html&ei=ddxRS6juK5C1tgf49LgB&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CD0Q7gEwADgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Yukon%2BHold%2527em%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D10