Texas Hold'em
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a chair.
An interactive guide to Texas Hold'em. Deal real hands, watch your odds shift card by card, and practice until you can read the table at a glance.
52 cards · 2 in your hand · 5 on the board · 10 ways to win
52 cards. 4 suits.
Click any card to inspect it, or tab in and explore with the arrow keys. Each suit has 13 ranks: Ace through King.
Spades
13 cardsHearts
13 cardsDiamonds
13 cardsClubs
13 cardsAnatomy of a hand
Step through the phases of a Texas Hold'em hand. Watch your best hand and your odds change with every card.
Community Cards
Your Hole Cards
Deal
Each player gets 2 private hole cards, dealt face-down.
Blinds
Two forced bets before the deal. Small blind and big blind rotate each hand.
Actions
Fold to quit, check/call to match, or raise to increase the bet.
Winning
Best 5-card hand at showdown wins, or be the last player standing.
Your move
Every betting round, you choose an action. Knowing when to use each one is the core skill of poker.
Fold
Surrender your hand and forfeit any bets you've made. You're out until the next deal.
When to use it
Your hand is weak and the cost to continue is too high. Don't throw good money after bad.
Availability
Always available on your turn.
What would you do?
Read the situation and pick the best action.
Know your hands
10 possible hands, ranked from the unbeatable Royal Flush to the humble High Card.
Royal Flush
Straight Flush
Four of a Kind
Full House
Flush
Straight
Three of a Kind
Two Pair
One Pair
High Card
Which hole cards are worth playing?
All 169 possible starting hands. Pairs run down the diagonal, suited combos sit above it, offsuit below. Tap any hand to simulate it against a random opponent.
AAPremium
“Pocket Rockets”
How to play it
Raise from any position. These hands print money, so play them fast.
Strength tiers follow the Chen formula (20 pts for AA), a simple heuristic, not gospel.
Think you're ready?
Take a seat in the back room and play real hands against the house. Blinds, raises, and all.
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