Poker: Texas

Poker: Texas is an online No-Limit Texas Hold’em game for playing home games with friends. You can set up multiple tables with customizable rules; each table seats up to 10 players. One player at each table is the host, who provides chips when players request them.

Table rules

You choose the rules for each table, including chip values, blinds, small and big blinds, antes, starting chip amounts and minimum chip value. Other options include straddles, call time, showing the last aggressor’s cards first, rabbit hunting and running the board multiple times. You can choose how many runs to make for each pot, including side pots.

Play with friends

Once the game is running, you invite friends using an HTTP link. Players can join through a web browser on a tablet, phone or computer, and can reconnect to a table using a username and password if they lose their connection. The game includes chat and supports pairing play with a video-conferencing service.

Hand records

The game tracks each player’s buy-ins and current chip stack. Each table’s hand history and game activity are recorded in detailed text log files for later analysis. During rabbit hunting, the remaining cards are dealt to the river so you can see what would have appeared if the hand had continued; the deck is shuffled at the start of each hand using a random number generator.