Play heads-up poker online with a friend

Two players, one deck, no-limit betting. Set the stakes or the sit-and-go speed, share the link, and the first hand is dealt the moment your friend types a name. Works on a phone.

PLAYER 1 · YOUR NAME

GAME MODE

TWIST

rules that throw the book out

Original rules more twists on the way

STAKES

AUTO TOP-UP

TIME CONTROL

optional

You'll get an invite link. Your opponent types a name and the game starts.

PICK A MODE

Choose a cash game with the stakes you like, or a sit-and-go where the blinds climb until one of you has every chip.

SET A CLOCK

Pick a clock or none. Running out of time never loses you the game: you check when you can, fold when you can't.

SHARE THE LINK

Share the link. Your friend types a name and the cards come out.

POKER IN BRIEF

Each player gets two cards face down, then five community cards come out in three rounds: the flop, the turn and the river. You make the best five-card hand from any of the seven.

Heads-up, the player with the dealer button posts the small blind and acts first before the flop, last after it. Betting is no-limit: a bet is at least the big blind, a raise at least the size of the last raise, and you can move all in at any time.

In a cash game the blinds stay put and your stack carries from hand to hand; with auto top-up you sit down with a full buy-in every hand. In a sit-and-go you both start with 1,500 chips and the blinds rise every few hands until one player is out.

MODES

Cash game · Fixed blinds, chips carry over, leave when you like
Sit & go · 1,500 chips each, blinds rise, last chip wins

CLOCKS

Standard · 20 s per action, 60 s time bank
Fast · 12 s per action, 30 s time bank
Slow · 45 s per action, 2 min time bank
No clock · Take your time

QUESTIONS

Is it real money?: No. Chips are just chips: nothing to buy, nothing to cash out.
Do we need accounts?: No. Type a name, that's it. A game stays open for an hour after the last move, so a dropped connection just means opening the link again.
What happens if someone stops playing?: The clock decides. When it runs out the game checks or folds for you and the hand goes on, so a slow opponent can't stall a sit-and-go forever.
Can I see my opponent's cards?: Only at a showdown. The server never sends a card you're not entitled to see, so there's nothing to peek at.

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