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No-limit Texas hold'em as a tournament at one table, for two to six players. Everybody starts with 1500 in chips. Two cards each and a round of betting; then three cards on the board, a fourth and a fifth, with a round of betting after each - fold, check, call, bet or raise any amount up to all you have. The best five cards of seven win the pot; a player who is all-in can win from each of the others no more than he put in himself, and the rest goes to side pots. The blinds rise every eight hands, and the last player with chips wins. The computer plays the other seats at five levels and sees only what a player sees; the stronger ones count their chances over hundreds of random deals, take a raise for what it tells, bluff, and remember how each player has played. Or watch a demo game with open cards.

By Mykhailo Makarov

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What happens

Two to six players, each with 1500 in chips. The dealer’s button moves one seat to the left every hand; the two players after it post the small and the big blind (with two players the button posts the small one). Everybody gets two cards. The betting goes round to the left, beginning after the big blind: a player folds, calls the bet or raises - by at least as much as the last bet or raise, and by as much more as he likes, up to his whole stack. When the bets are level, three cards are dealt face up on the board, then a fourth and a fifth; each is followed by another round, begun by the first player left of the button, in which a player may also check while nobody has bet. If all the others fold, the last player takes the pot. Otherwise the hands are shown, and the best five cards out of a player’s two and the five on the board win. From the highest: straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pair, pair, high card. Equal hands share the pot. A player without enough chips goes all-in with what he has: he can win from each of the others only as much as he put in, and the rest makes a side pot. The blinds rise every eight hands. A player who has lost his chips is out, and the last one left wins.

Try this

Fold, check or call with the buttons; choose the size of a bet with the arrows, then bet or raise. The right mouse button turns the view, the wheel zooms.

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