A browser-based, zero-setup poker table to play Texas Hold'em with friends using only your devices. Scan a QR code to see your hole cards privately on your phone, while the shared table (e.g., on a tablet or laptop) handles community cards, blinds, pot, and betting rounds.
- No Setup Required: Just open the table in your browser and start playing. No app install, no sign-ups.
- Device Pairing via QR: Each player scans a code to privately view their cards on their phone.
- Automatic Game Logic: Handles blinds, bets, pots, side pots, and showdown evaluations.
- Progressive Blinds: Blinds automatically double every 2 complete dealer orbits to keep the action going.
- Side Pot Support: Accurately resolves complex all-in scenarios.
- Dynamic Positioning: Turn order and bot strategy adapt as players fold.
- Supports All Table Sizes: From heads-up to full-ring games.
- Responsive Design: Optimized for tablets, phones, and desktops.
- Smart Bet Slider: The bet slider highlights invalid amounts in red while dragging and snaps to the minimum legal raise when released.
- Fast & Offline-Ready: Loads fast, works without internet once cached.
- Built‑in Bots: Empty player slots are automatically filled with bots.
- Bot Intelligence: Bots evaluate hand strength, pot odds, stack size, and position to make informed decisions.
- Adaptive Behavior: Bots track how often opponents fold, detect frequent all-ins, and adjust their bluffing frequency accordingly.
- Context Awareness: Bots recognize top pair, overpairs, and draw potential to decide between check, call, raise, or fold.
The same table supports different ways to play. The "mode" is simply the result of how many humans join and whether you scan the QR codes.
- Solo vs Bots (Open Cards): One human plays directly on the main device while bots fill the empty seats. This is the fastest way to play and learn.
- Spectator / TV Poker: No humans join. All seats are bots, hole cards are visible, and the table becomes a self-running poker show.
- Group Play with QR Hole Cards: Two or more humans join. Each player scans their QR code to see private hole cards on their own phone, while the shared screen stays clean and neutral.
- Hybrid Tables: Humans and bots can mix freely. This makes it easy to run short-handed games, fill gaps, or teach new players without slowing the table down.
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Open this URL on a shared device (e.g., tablet or laptop): 👉 https://tehes.github.io/poker
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Add players by typing their names.
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Start the game — each player scans their QR code to get their cards.
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The table handles dealing, blinds, betting, and showdown.
The table works fully offline after the first complete load.
- First visit online – When opened once with an internet connection, all necessary assets (HTML, JS, CSS, SVGs, icons) are cached in the browser.
- Service Worker – Handles cache-first requests and serves offline content when the network is unavailable.
- Core Assets Pre‑cached – Core assets are precached during install; any additional resources are loaded and cached on demand.
- Updates – A new version is fetched and activated in the background; refreshing the page loads the updated assets.
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript only – no frameworks
- Vanilla JS Game Engine
- kjua – lightweight QR code generation for offline play
- pokersolver (ES module) – for hand evaluation at showdown
- The table generates a
tableIdautomatically and posts the table state to the backend. - Hole-cards views include the same
tableIdin the QR and poll the backend to keep cards/chips in sync, including pot and fold status. If the backend is unreachable, the QR data stays in place and play continues offline.
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The shared device runs the table (e.g., tablet).
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When a round starts, each player sees a QR code.
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They scan it and view their private hole cards on their own phone.
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Players take turns acting via the main table.
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Game flow logic ensures proper handling of:
- Dealer rotation and automatic blind posting
- Progressive blinds that double every 2 complete orbits (e.g., 10/20 → 20/40 → 40/80)
- Side pots and all-ins
- Automatic showdown resolution
- Bot Support: Empty seats without a player name are assigned bots that play automatically using simple hand-strength logic.
- Local-first: Works without network once loaded.
- Optional back-end sync: Core state is client-side, with best-effort syncing when available.
- Zero footprint: No accounts, no cloud sync.
- Focus on flow: The app enforces rules and turn order so you can focus on the game.
- Tournament-style: Progressive blinds keep games from stalling.
Set DEBUG_FLOW to true in js/app.js to print detailed, timestamped messages about the betting
flow. Enable this flag when investigating hangs or unexpected behavior.
- Live syncing is best-effort; if the backend is unreachable, devices fall back to local QR data.
- No persistent chip stacks or session saving (yet).
- Not designed for remote multiplayer.
- Fixed blind structure (doubles every 2 orbits) — not customizable.
- pokersolver for hand ranking logic
- kjua for QR code generation