Texas hold'em

Two cards in hand, five shared on the table.

  • 2-10 players
  • Standard deck
  • Betting

What Texas hold'em is

Each player is dealt two private cards. Five community cards are then turned face up in three stages: the flop (three cards), the turn (one) and the river (one), with a betting round before the flop and after each stage. You make the best five-card hand from any combination of your two cards and the five shared ones. Players still in after the final betting round show their hands, and the best one takes the pot.

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Play Texas hold'em online

Open a table here and play Texas hold'em in the browser — 2 to 10 at it, with friends on a shared code, or against bots when you are short of people.

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