Free Hold’em Table Games – 5 Games
A four-handed No-Limit table against bots, plus four Hold'em games against the dealer, with free chips, hints and a Strategy Trainer.
Free play only. Credits have no cash value, cannot be bought and cannot be exchanged for prizes. For entertainment and learning.
Choose your ante, then press DEAL.
Keyboard: 1–7 pick cards (Oasis, Pai Gow), Enter main action, F fold or pull back, H hint.
Press DEAL to start.
Hand history
No hands played yet.
Free play only. Credits and chips have no cash value, cannot be bought and cannot be exchanged for prizes. For entertainment and learning.
How to play
- Pick a game. For the bot table, choose how tough the bots are. For the others, choose an ante and any optional side bet.
- Press Deal. You get two cards, and the community cards come later.
- Decide what to do: fold, check, call, bet or raise, using the buttons for that game.
- The flop, turn and river turn over, and then the hands are compared.
- Not sure what to do? Press Hint, or turn on the equity overlay at the bot table.
Texas Hold'em vs Bots
Easy, Medium or Hard bots
- You sit at a four-handed table with three computer opponents. Blinds are 5 and 10 and everyone starts with 1,000 play chips. The button moves each hand.
- Play every street: fold, check, call, bet or raise. Use the quick sizes (half pot, pot, all-in) or the slider. Side pots are worked out correctly when players are all-in.
- Choose how the bots play. Easy bots are loose and passive. Medium bots follow balanced, threshold-based ranges. Hard bots are tighter, bet bigger and bluff more often.
- Turn on the equity overlay to see your win chance against the players still in the hand. It is an estimate from random hands, not a read on the bots' real cards.
- Every hand is logged with the board, the cards shown at showdown and the result. Export the session as a text file whenever you like.
- If you or a bot run out of chips, the player is re-staked at the start of the next hand. Hand history resets when you reload the page.
| Setting | This table |
|---|---|
| Format | 4-handed No-Limit Texas Hold'em |
| Blinds | 5 / 10 |
| Starting stack | 1,000 play chips |
| Opponents | 3 computer players: Easy, Medium or Hard |
| Busted | Re-staked automatically |
Casino Hold'em
Dealer needs a pair of 4s
- Place an ante. You and the dealer each get two cards, and three community cards (the flop) are dealt face up.
- Fold and lose your ante, or Call by betting 2 times your ante. The dealer then turns over two more community cards and the dealer's cards.
- Each hand is the best five cards from the seven available. The dealer needs a pair of 4s or better to qualify.
- If the dealer does not qualify, your ante pays by the ante bonus table and your call bet is returned. If the dealer qualifies and you win, the ante pays by the table and the call pays 1 to 1. If the dealer wins you lose both, and a tie is a push.
- AA+ is an optional extra bet equal to your ante. It pays on your two cards and the flop, whatever the dealer holds.
- The tables shown are among the commonly published ones. The Hint is an estimate from thousands of simulated deals.
| Your hand | Ante bonus pays |
|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 100 to 1 |
| Straight Flush | 20 to 1 |
| Four of a Kind | 10 to 1 |
| Full House | 3 to 1 |
| Flush | 2 to 1 |
| Straight or lower | 1 to 1 |
| Optional side bet | AA+ pays |
|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 100 to 1 |
| Straight Flush | 50 to 1 |
| Four of a Kind | 40 to 1 |
| Full House | 30 to 1 |
| Flush | 20 to 1 |
| Straight | 10 to 1 |
| Three of a Kind | 8 to 1 |
| Two Pair | 7 to 1 |
| Pair of Aces | 7 to 1 |
Ultimate Texas Hold'em
One raise: 4×, 3×, 2× or 1×
- Place equal Ante and Blind bets. You and the dealer each get two cards. Each side makes the best five cards from its two cards and five community cards.
- You get one chance to raise, and your Play bet depends on when you make it. Before the flop, bet 3 or 4 times your ante. After the flop, bet 2 times. After the turn and river, bet 1 time, or fold and lose your ante and blind.
- The dealer needs a pair or better to open. If the dealer does not open, your ante pushes whatever happens.
- If you win, the Play bet and the ante pay 1 to 1 and the Blind pays by the table above, and a straight or better is needed for it to pay. If the dealer wins you lose the Blind and the Play bet. A tie is a push.
- This free version has no Trips side bet.
- Ultimate Texas Hold'em is a game of one big decision made early, and the Hint checks every later outcome. It is an estimate from simulated deals, and the Strategy Trainer rates each choice.
| Your hand | Blind pays |
|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 500 to 1 |
| Straight Flush | 50 to 1 |
| Four of a Kind | 10 to 1 |
| Full House | 3 to 1 |
| Flush | 3 to 2 |
| Straight | 1 to 1 |
| Less than a straight | Push |
Texas Hold'em Bonus
Flop 2×, turn 1×, river 1×
- Place an ante and, if you like, a Bonus bet. You and the dealer each get two cards.
- Fold and lose your ante, or make a Flop bet of 2 times your ante. The flop turns over.
- You may then check or bet 1 times your ante before the turn card, and check or bet 1 times your ante before the river card.
- There is no dealer qualifier. The higher five-card hand wins. Your flop, turn and river bets pay 1 to 1. The ante pays 1 to 1 only when you win with a straight or better, and otherwise pushes. If the dealer wins you lose everything but the Bonus bet, and a tie is a push.
- The Bonus bet is an optional extra bet equal to your ante. It pays on your first two cards only, whatever the dealer holds. Other versions use different tables.
- The Hint is an estimate from simulated deals and assumes you bet the turn and river whenever it pays on average.
| Optional bet on your two cards | Bonus pays |
|---|---|
| Your Aces and the dealer's Aces | 1,000 to 1 |
| Pair of Aces | 30 to 1 |
| Ace-King suited | 25 to 1 |
| Ace-Queen or Ace-Jack suited | 20 to 1 |
| Ace-King | 15 to 1 |
| Pair of Kings, Queens or Jacks | 10 to 1 |
| Ace-Queen or Ace-Jack | 5 to 1 |
| Pair of 2s to 10s | 3 to 1 |
Heads-Up Hold'em
Beat the dealer, Bad Beat pays
- Place equal Ante and Odds bets. You and the dealer each get two cards, and each makes the best five cards from its two cards and five community cards.
- You can raise once. Before the flop, raise 3 times your ante. After the flop, raise 2 times. After the turn and river, raise 1 time or fold and lose your ante and Odds bet.
- If you beat the dealer, your raise pays 1 to 1, your ante pays 1 to 1 and your Odds bet pays by the table above. If the dealer has less than a pair, your ante is returned instead.
- If the dealer wins, you lose your ante and raise. Your Odds bet loses too, unless you held a straight or better, which earns the Bad Beat bonus. A tie returns your bets.
- Trips Plus is an optional extra bet equal to your ante. It pays on your best five cards from all seven, whatever the dealer holds.
- These are the rules and one set of the published tables of the World Poker Tour version. Other tables use other payouts. The Hint is an estimate from simulated deals.
| Your hand | Odds bet pays when you win |
|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 500 to 1 |
| Straight Flush | 50 to 1 |
| Four of a Kind | 10 to 1 |
| Full House | 3 to 1 |
| Flush | 3 to 2 |
| Straight | 1 to 1 |
| Less than a straight | Push |
| Your losing hand | Bad Beat pays when you lose |
|---|---|
| Straight Flush | 500 to 1 |
| Four of a Kind | 50 to 1 |
| Full House | 10 to 1 |
| Flush | 8 to 1 |
| Straight | 5 to 1 |
| Optional side bet | Trips Plus pays |
|---|---|
| Royal Flush | 100 to 1 |
| Straight Flush | 40 to 1 |
| Four of a Kind | 30 to 1 |
| Full House | 9 to 1 |
| Flush | 7 to 1 |
| Straight | 4 to 1 |
| Three of a Kind | 3 to 1 |
Every hand uses one shuffled 52-card deck, and each player makes the best five cards from seven. The bot table is four-handed No-Limit Hold'em with blinds of 5 and 10. The dealer games follow commonly published rules and use one set of the published paytables, shown on each card. Everything is for learning and entertainment.
Free Hold'em games FAQ
Are these games really free?
Yes. The table games use free credits that start at 1,000 and can be refilled at any time, and the Hold'em table uses play-money chips. There is no sign-up, nothing to buy, and nothing has a cash value.
How does the Texas Hold'em table work?
It is a four-handed No-Limit Hold'em game with blinds of 5 and 10 and a starting stack of 1,000 chips. You play against three computer opponents with full betting rounds, side pots and showdowns. You can choose Easy, Medium or Hard bots, turn on an equity overlay, and export your hand history.
What does the equity overlay show?
It estimates your chance of winning the hand against the players still in it, by simulating many random hands for them. It does not know the bots' real cards.
What is the difference between Casino Hold'em, Ultimate Texas Hold'em, Texas Hold'em Bonus and Heads-Up Hold'em?
All four are Hold'em played against the dealer, with different betting. In Casino Hold'em you fold or call 2 times your ante after the flop. In Ultimate Texas Hold'em and Heads-Up Hold'em you make one raise, bigger early and smaller late. In Texas Hold'em Bonus you bet on the flop, turn and river. Each game card shows its own rules and paytables.
Are these the exact table rules and paytables?
They follow commonly published rules and one commonly published set of paytables for each game. Tables differ between versions, so the payouts shown on each card are the ones used here.
How does the Hint work?
When it is your turn to decide, the Hint works out the average result of each choice by simulating thousands of random deals from the cards you can see. It is an estimate. With the Strategy Trainer on, the coach rates each decision you make.