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Poker

Texas Hold'em at the tavern table, for the islanders' own gold. Your chips are gold, one for one.

Step by stepThe rules in full

Step by step

  1. A tavern poker table seen from above: two sevens dealt face up in front of your seat, Pocket Sevens written under your name, the blinds in the middle1Your two cards2Your seat
    1Your two cards2Your seat
    Step 1

    Your two cards

    Your chips are gold, one for one: you buy in when you sit down. Every seat is dealt two cards; yours are turned up for you alone, and the game names what you hold under your seat (here, pocket sevens).

  2. Your seat lit gold and the betting panel up: High Bet 50, a slider at 80, and Fold, Call 30, Raise to 80 and All-In buttons1Your move
    1Your move
    Step 2

    Act on your turn

    When it's your turn your seat lights up and the panel comes up: Fold, Check or Call, Bet or Raise (slide the amount first), or go All-In. High Bet is the bet on the table you have to meet.

  3. Three cards face up in the middle of the table, the six of hearts, the queen of clubs and the two of hearts, with the pot of 150 behind them1The flop
    1The flop
    Step 3

    The flop

    Three cards are dealt face up in the middle for everyone to use. A fourth (the turn) and a fifth (the river) follow, with a round of betting after each. With no bet to meet, you can check.

  4. All five cards on the table and Pair of 7s written under your seat1Five on the table2Your hand, named
    1Five on the table2Your hand, named
    Step 4

    Make the best five

    Your hand is the best five cards out of your two and the five in the middle. The game names it under your seat as the cards come: a pair of sevens here.

  5. Stormy Marn's five and four of spades turned up, Straight, 6 high under the name, the cards that made it lit gold, and You lost 348 chips with a Next Hand button1The best hand2Your result
    1The best hand2Your result
    Step 5

    Showdown

    If more than one player is still in after the river, the hands are shown and the best five takes the pot; the cards that made it light up. Your chips are gold, so chips lost are gold lost. When you Leave you cash out whatever is still in front of you, and a win is only ever as big as what the others have on them.

The rules, as the game tells them

  • Click action buttons (Fold / Check / Call / Bet / Raise / All-In)
  • Slide the bet amount on raises
  • Best 5-card hand from your 2 hole cards + 5 community cards wins
  • Your chips ARE gold (1:1) — buy in, then Cash Out when you Leave
  • You cash out the chips still in front of you, so chips lost are gold lost
  • A WIN is only ever as big as the money the others still have on them — beat a table of paupers and there is little there to take
  • Bust and you walk away with nothing

Word for word from the game: in play the same text sits behind the ? on the board, so this page cannot drift from it.