Texas Hold'em
No-limit poker for play chips: two cards of your own, five on the table, and the blinds rise until one has every chip.
- 2–10 players
- 15–60 min
- Card game
- Poker
- Play chips
Free during the beta, no ads and nothing to download. Play in the browser on a computer, tablet or phone.
How to play
The most played poker in the world, with no limit on the bets. Two cards of your own and five on the table. Play for play chips until one has them all.
- Everyone starts with as many chips. Whoever runs out of chips is out, and whoever ends up with them all wins. They are only play chips.
- The dealer button moves one seat to the left each hand. The two after it post the small and the big blind. Heads-up the dealer posts the small blind.
- Everyone gets two cards that only they see. Then come four betting rounds: before the flop, after the flop (three cards face up on the table), after the turn (a fourth) and after the river (a fifth).
- On your turn you can fold, check (if nobody has bet), call (pay as much as the highest bet) or raise. A raise is at least as big as the last one, or the big blind. With no limit you may bet all your chips (all in).
- If only one player is left, they take the pot. Otherwise everyone shows, and the best poker hand of five of the seven cards (your two and the table’s five) wins.
- If someone is all in with fewer chips, they can only win as much as they put in from each of the others (the main pot); the rest is a side pot for the others. Equal hands split the pot.
- The hands, best first: royal straight flush, straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pair, pair, high card.
Good to know
Raising
On your turn, buttons for the size (min, half the pot, the pot, all in) and a slider show. Choose an amount and tap Raise.
The blinds
The blinds go up as often as the house rule says. The top line says how big they are and when they go up next.
Keys
C checks or calls, F folds, Enter goes to the next hand.
Vs computer
Choose 1–5 opponents and how hard they are. Hard reads how the others bet. A win gives experience points and shows on the top list.
With friends
Set up a table and share the code, or invite a friend from Spelbordet’s start page. If someone leaves, a computer player takes over.
Tournament or cash game
In a tournament the blinds rise and whoever runs out of chips is out. In a cash game the blinds stay: out of chips you buy in again, and you can stand up between hands. The ledger shows what each won or lost.
Playing for coins
Against the computer you can stake coins from your wallet on a tournament. Prizes are paid by your place. Coins never go between players.
Out
When you go out you see your place. Against the computer you can let the computers play the rest at once.
Replay a hand
Tap Replay this hand after a hand, or pick Replay the hands in the game menu. There you step through the last ten hands. You see your own cards and the cards that were shown at the table.
House rules
Run it twice, rabbit hunt, bomb pot and the 7-2 bounty are chosen on the start page.
Questions and answers
How do you play Texas Hold'em?
No-limit poker for play chips: two cards of your own, five on the table, and the blinds rise until one has every chip. The full rules are above.
How many can play Texas Hold'em?
2–10 players.
How long does a game of Texas Hold'em take?
About 15–60 minutes.
Can you play Texas Hold'em without an account?
No, Texas Hold'em needs an account on Spelbordet. The game is for players aged 18 or over.
Can you play Texas Hold'em on a phone?
Yes. The game runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers. There is nothing to download.
Does it cost anything to play Texas Hold'em here?
No. Spelbordet is free during the beta and has no ads.