Poker (Texas Hold’em)
Poker with play chips only, never real money. Your cards stay hidden on your phone, the table is on the TV.
How to play
- Everyone starts with 2,000 play chips. They are only for play: no real money, ever.
- Each player gets two face-down cards; only their own phone shows them.
- Shared cards are dealt to the table: three (the flop), one (the turn) and one (the river), with a betting round after each.
- At the end, the best five of a player’s two cards and the five shared cards wins the pot.
On your turn you can fold, check, call, bet, raise or go all in. The blinds are 10 and 20 chips. A player who runs out gets a fresh 2,000 at the next hand. Chips can never be bought, sold or exchanged for anything.
An example round
Selin’s phone shows two aces, and only she can see them. The flop brings an ace, a seven and a two: Selin now has three of a kind. She bets 100 chips, Can calls and Ali folds. After the turn and the river the cards are shown; Selin’s three aces beat Can’s two pair and she takes the pot.
Who it suits
Anyone who wants to learn poker, or to play cards with friends with no money at stake. Tables of four to six give the most balanced game.
Tips
- Pairs and high cards (aces, kings) are strong starting hands.
- Position matters: acting late lets you decide after seeing what others did.
- The chips are not real, so try bluffs and new strategies without risk.