Syphon's Texas Hold'em

About this game

No-limit Texas Hold'em at a brass-trimmed six-seat table. Sit down in the Parlour with a thousand play chips against the regulars: a rock who waits for aces, a calling station who never believes you, a maniac who raises everything, a trapper, and a player who goes by the book. Work your way up through four rooms to the Vault, where the blinds are bigger, everybody antes and the regulars play for keeps. The poker is done properly: real side pots, all-in run-outs with each hand's chances shown on the table, and an optional hint that tells you how often your hand wins and what the book would do. It is a good place to learn why the book says what it says. Collect eleven drinks, sixteen trinkets, seven card backs and six felts for your seat, climb from Guest to Legend, and chase twenty-five achievements from Pocket Rockets to the Royal Flush. Open a table and deal friends in with a four-letter code. Each of you sees your own cards and nobody else's, and the regulars fill the empty seats. Play chips only. Nothing here is real money, nothing can be won, and nothing is for sale.

How to play

On your turn, choose Fold, Check or Call, or set an amount with the slider or the Min, half pot, three-quarters and Pot buttons and press Bet or Raise. On a keyboard, F folds, C checks or calls, R bets or raises, the arrow keys change the amount by a big blind, 1 to 5 are the presets and A is all in. Esc opens the menu. While others are still deciding you can pick Check / fold, Check or Call any in advance. Turn on odds and hints in Settings. To play with friends, one of you chooses Play with friends and opens a table; everyone else types its code.

Read the Syphon's Texas Hold'em guide