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HEADS-UP TEXAS HOLD’EM

Poker.

THE MIDNIGHT TABLE

A good hand starts
with a little patience.

FREE PRACTICE CHIPS
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Mira COMPUTER490
Big blind · 10
IN THE POT15
PreflopFlopTurnRiver
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You 495
Small blind · 5

BLINDS 5 / 10

Two cards in your hand. Five on the table. Find your best five.

500 chips each · resets every deal
Table rules Fixed-limit · 5 / 10 blinds

Your seat at the table

Make the best five-card hand from your two hole cards and the five shared cards. You may use both, one, or neither of your own cards. Aces can be high or low in a straight (A–2–3–4–5), never wrapped.

Check if nothing is owed; call to match the bet; bet or raise to increase it; fold to concede the pot. Use the buttons, or keyboard C for check/call, R for bet/raise and F to fold.

The button posts the small blind and acts first before the flop. The big blind gets a turn even after a simple call. After the flop, the big blind acts first. The button alternates each new deal.

This practice table

Blinds are 5 and 10. Bets and raises are 10 preflop/on the flop, then 20 on the turn/river. A bet and three raises per round is our house cap; the big blind is the preflop bet.

Both players start with 500 free chips every deal. At most 240 can be committed by either player, so there are no all-ins or side pots. These chips have no monetary value and cannot be bought or redeemed.

Mira is a basic practice bot using her own cards and the public board only. No online play or tournament strategy. At showdown, gold rings identify the winner’s best five; tied hands split the pot. Original SVG cards and CSS chips. Hold’em rules reference ↗