How to play Poker Bet: the bets, the odds and the poker hand rankings

Poker Bet is Texas Hold'em that you bet on rather than play. Six hands are dealt at a live table, with five shared board cards in the middle, and you back the outcome: which hand will win, or which combination the winning hand will make.

There are no opponents to read and no chips to push. Every player at the table bets on the same deal, and every deal is provably fair.

How a deal works

1. 1Preflop: before any card is dealt, every hand has the same chance — bet on any of the six, or on a combination.
2. 2Flop window: the six hands are dealt face up. Some are clearly ahead now, and the odds show it.
3. 3Turn window: the first three board cards — the flop — are out.
4. 4River window: the fourth board card — the turn — is out. One card to come.
5. 5The river is dealt and each hand makes its best five cards from its own two and the five on the board. The best hand wins.

The two bets

• Which hand wins — tap one of the six hands. If hands tie, the win is shared: a bet on each tied hand is paid its odds divided by the number of tied hands.
• Winning combination — the category of the best hand at the table: high card, one pair, two pairs, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush or royal flush. Ties make no difference here.
• You can place several bets in one window, and bet again in the later windows at their new odds.

Poker hands, best to worst

• Royal flush — A, K, Q, J and 10 of one suit.
• Straight flush — five cards in sequence, all of one suit.
• Four of a kind — four cards of one rank.
• Full house — three cards of one rank and two of another.
• Flush — any five cards of one suit.
• Straight — five cards in sequence (A-2-3-4-5 counts, and so does 10-J-Q-K-A).
• Three of a kind — three cards of one rank.
• Two pairs — two different pairs.
• One pair — two cards of one rank.
• High card — none of the above; the highest card counts.

Where the odds come from

At every window the table works out the exact chance of each outcome from the cards showing — by dealing every possible rest of the board — and pays the return to player divided by that chance, rounded down. Before any card is seen a hand's chance is exactly 1 in 6; at a 92% return that pays x5.52.

So every bet, at every window, returns the same percentage on average; the rest is the house edge. Long shots are capped at the table's highest odds, and outcomes that can no longer happen — or would pay less than the stake — are not offered.

Before the deal some combinations are far likelier than others: the winning hand is two pairs about 30% of the time, a straight about 17%, one pair 16%, three of a kind 14%, and a flush or a full house about 11% each — while a royal flush wins only about twice in 10,000 deals.

Is there a trick to Poker Bet?

No. The deal is fixed before the first bet, and the odds already account for every card showing, so waiting for more cards does not beat the house — it only trades a longer price for a shorter one. Apps and groups selling "Poker Bet predictions" cannot see the next card.

What you control is how much you stake, what you bet on and when you stop. Set a budget first and keep to it.

Try it free, and check it is fair

Every visitor can bet on the live table in demo mode with ₹10,000 of play money — no sign-up and no deposit.

Before the first bet you can see the SHA-256 fingerprint of the deal's secret seed. After the river the seed is revealed: the cards are shuffled with HMAC-SHA256 of "poker:<round number>:<block>" keyed by that seed, so anyone can re-deal the round. Provably Fair in the game does it for you.

Frequently asked questions

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