Poker by the numbers

Texas Hold'em 101
How to play

1. Players receive two cards face down, followed by a round of betting.

2. "The Flop" comes next, where three community cards are put in the middle, followed by a round of betting.

3. Next comes "The Turn," another community card in the middle, followed by a round of betting.

4. Finally, "The River," the final community card, is put in the middle, followed by the final round of betting.

5. The best five-card poker hand, using the two hole cards and five community cards, wins.

Hold'em By the Numbers

1 -- With television poker fans no longer wanting to wait for taped broadcasts, Fox Sports Net will air a live pro poker tournament in July. It will mark the first time this has happened.

4 -- The number of online qualifiers at the final table of last summer's World Series of Poker final.

18 -- The number of years Card Player Magazine was a free publication that could only be found in poker rooms. Now the cost and circulation is expected to double.

45 -- The number of seconds between commercials for "Tilt" on ESPN.

100,000 -- The number of people who play online Hold'em during the peak hours of 7-10 p.m. every day.

1.3 million -- The number of people, on average, who watch the World Poker Tour segments on the Travel Channel.

30 million -- The number of dollars won by players competing in the WPT last year.

50 million -- The number of Americans who play poker, with Hold'em the most popular.

100 million -- The number of poker players found worldwide.