🃏 The Deck
This game uses a 24-card deck — only A, K, Q, J, 10, 9 in all 4 suits (♠ ♥ ♦ ♣). The host picks 24 or 20 cards (the 20-card deck drops the 9s).
Maximum 8 players (3 cards each).
🏆 Hand Rankings (Best → Worst)
| # | Hand | Description | Example |
|---|
| 1 | Trail (Set) | Three of a kind | A♠ A♥ A♦ |
| 2 | Pure Sequence | 3 consecutive, same suit | Q♣ K♣ A♣ |
| 3 | Sequence | 3 consecutive, mixed suits | J♠ Q♥ K♦ |
| 4 | Color (Flush) | 3 same suit, not consecutive | 9♥ J♥ A♥ |
| 5 | Pair | Two cards same rank | K♠ K♣ A♦ |
| 6 | High Card | None of the above | A♠ J♥ 9♦ |
🔢 Possible Sequences
Only 4 straight combinations exist in the 24-card deck:
9 → 10 → J
10 → J → Q
J → Q → K
Q → K → A
🎮 How a Round Works
- Boot (Ante) — Everyone puts 10 coins into the pot automatically before cards are dealt. The bet starts at the boot too.
- Deal — Each player receives 3 cards, visible only to them.
- Take turns — Starting left of the dealer, each player picks an action. Each turn has a 30-second timer — if time runs out, you're automatically dropped.
- Rising stakes — There's no manual raise: once every player still in has acted once (a full lap of the table), the bet automatically multiplies by 1.5× (host-configurable), rounded to the nearest multiple of 10, and the next lap starts.
- Round ends when only 1 player remains, or when someone calls Show.
- Winner takes the entire pot.
⚡ Actions (on your turn)
BLIND
Blind play — Everyone is dealt face-down and plays blind at half price until they tap 👁 See Cards. You may play blind at most 5 times per round — after that you must see your cards to keep playing. Your cards are never sent to your device until you reveal them, so they can't be peeked at — not even with developer tools. Side show requires both players to have seen their cards.
BET
Bet (Call) — Match the current bet to stay in. There's no manual raise — the bet auto-escalates every full lap of the table. If you have fewer coins than the bet, the button becomes All In and stakes everything you have left — the turn timer pauses first, so you can talk it over and decide without pressure. Going all-in ends the betting immediately: everyone still in reveals their cards right there, the best hand wins the pot, and a tie for the best hand splits it evenly.
SIDE SHOW
Side Show — With 3+ players still in, pay the current bet to privately compare cards with the player who acted before you. They can decline (your turn is spent either way). If they accept, the weaker hand drops — ties drop the asker. Cards are never revealed to the table.
SHOW
Show — Force the final showdown. Only available when 2 players remain. Costs the current bet. Both reveal cards — best hand wins.
DROP
Drop (Fold) — Give up your hand. You lose your bets for this round. No penalty beyond that. Not acting before the turn timer runs out drops you automatically.
🪙 Coins
- Everyone starts with 10,000 coins — your balance is saved between sessions until the host resets it
- Boot (ante) is 10 coins per round
- Win the pot by having the best hand or being last standing
- Going away for too long (over 60 seconds disconnected) kicks you from the table with a 100-coin fine — paid into the pot if a hand is running
- A player with 0 coins sits out and reloads with 5,000 coins after 25 rounds
- A session runs for 30 rounds by default, then ends on its own (host-configurable) — a built-in break
- Last player left at the table wins the game!
💡 Tips
- Sequences are rare (only a handful of combos exist) — pure sequences even rarer
- With fewer weak cards in the deck, pairs and flushes come up often
- Stay in and let the auto-rising stakes work for you when you have a Trail — only 4 possible trails per rank!