Replay Poker explained

Replay Poker is a play money poker site where you play Texas hold'em and OmahaOmahaPlays almost like Texas hold'em, but everyone gets four cards face down. You have to use exactly two of them and exactly three from the middle.More in our poker termsClose in the browser, at open tables and in tournaments. You need an account on replaypoker.com and have to be at least 18. There are free chips every day, and bought chips have no cash value.

With friends you play at a private table: you and up to eight others, without a subscription with no-limitNo-limitThere is no upper limit, you can bet all your chips at any time.More in our poker termsClose hold'em and blindsBlindsForced bets, so there is something in the pot in every hand: the small blind and the big blind. In tournaments they go up on a schedule.More in our poker termsClose of 1 and 2. If you want to play without an account, use PokerNow, where nobody has to sign up.

Replay Poker at a glance

• Replay Poker at a glance

  Where

  In the browser, with a version for phones. According to its help pages there is no app at the moment.

  Games

  Texas hold'em and Omaha (pot-limit and no-limit). At a private table without a subscription only no-limit hold'em.

  Sign-up

  You need an account.

  With friends

  Private table by link for you and up to eight friends, without a subscription only no-limit hold'em with blinds of 1 and 2. One table at a time, it closes after ten minutes without a game.

  Ads

  We found no statement about this from the provider.

  What it costs

  You can buy chips (card or PayPal). They have no cash value and cannot be exchanged back. Free chips every day, plus free tournaments. A Premium subscription unlocks more tables.

  Open Replay Pokergoes to replaypoker.com

Free chips

• Every day: on the first day you get 500 chips, then more on every day in a row, and from the fifth day 2,500. If you miss a day, it starts again at 500.
• Inviting friends: if someone signs up through your invitation, you both get 10,000 chips.
• Tournaments: there are free tournaments as well.

So you don't have to buy anything to play.

Buying chips and Premium

On Replay Poker you can buy chips by card or PayPal. According to the terms of service they have no cash value, cannot be exchanged back, and paid purchases are final. The money for them is gone, however the hands turn out. More on that under what play money means.

There is also a Premium subscription, monthly or yearly. According to the help pages it brings extra chips every month and unlocks more private tables.

Playing with friends at a private table

1. Everyone creates an account, your friends too.
2. You pick a table and click the green "Create Private Table" button.
3. Under the table there is a link. Copy it and send it to your friends.
4. Whoever clicks the link lands at your table.

You can open only one private table at a time. If no game runs for ten minutes, it closes. Without a subscription you play no-limit hold'em with blinds of 1 and 2 there.

Replay Poker or PokerNow?

Replay Poker is for you if you also want to play with people outside your group, at open tables and in tournaments. For that everyone needs an account, and there are chips for sale. PokerNow is built for your own group: no account, no chips for sale, up to ten players at a private table.

All the free sites and apps side by side, including the ones for phones, are in our comparison for poker with friends. How a hand plays out step by step is in the poker rules.