Two Cards game modes: Play, last stack and pass the phone
Two Cards has three ways to play. Play is a relaxed home table where nobody has to leave. Play until one stack is a longer game where the first bets grow and players drop out. Pass the phone lets family and friends share one device. With New table you choose who sits at the table.
Which mode should you pick?
| Mode | Players | First bets | Out of chips? | Ends when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Play | Your table, with you as the only person | Always 10 and 20 | Sit back in with 1,000 chips | You stop |
| Play until one stack | Your table, with you as the only person | Start at 10 and 20, grow every 8 hands | You are out | One player has all the chips |
| Pass the phone | One or more people, plus computer players | Always 10 and 20 | Sit back in with 1,000 chips | You stop |
Everyone starts with 1,000 chips in every mode.
Play
Play is the home table. The first bets stay at 10 and 20 the whole time. If a player runs out of chips, they sit back in with 1,000 chips at the next hand, so you can play as long as you like.
At the start, your table is you and all five computer players: Mira, Leo, Signe, Edvin and Noa. If you change the table on New table, Play uses your new table from then on.
Play always deals a brand-new table. To go on with the table you left, choose Back to the table on the title screen instead.
Play until one stack
In Play until one stack, a player with no chips is out of the game. The last player with chips wins. It uses the players from your table.
The first bets grow every 8 hands, so the game can't go on forever. The table shows the first bets and the hand number, like "First bets 20 / 40 · Hand 12".
| Hands | First bets |
|---|---|
| 1 to 8 | 10 / 20 |
| 9 to 16 | 20 / 40 |
| 17 to 24 | 40 / 80 |
| 25 to 32 | 80 / 160 |
| 33 to 40 | 150 / 300 |
| 41 to 48 | 300 / 600 |
| 49 to 56 | 600 / 1,200 |
| 57 to 64 | 1,200 / 2,400 |
| after that | doubling every 8 hands |
When one player has every chip, the sentence says, for example, "Mira has all the chips." Tap it, or Back, to go to the title screen. Your numbers counts every game you play as one of your Last-stack games, and every game you win as one of your Last-stack wins.
Tips for this mode are on advanced tips.
Pass the phone
Pass the phone is for playing together on one phone, tablet or computer. The first seat is always a person. Every other seat has a button that switches between Person and Computer. Type each person's name. A person seat without a name is called "Player 2", "Player 3" and so on. Then tap Deal.
When it is a person's turn, the screen hides the table and says "Pass to" and their name, with "Only Mira looks now. Tap when you are ready." (with that person's name). The right person taps I am and their name, and only then are their cards shown. After they make their move, their cards turn face down again, ready for the next person.
Pass the phone uses the same rules as Play: first bets of 10 and 20, and empty stacks sit back in with 1,000 chips.
New table
New table opens the setup page. Here you decide who sits at your table:
| On the page | What it does |
|---|---|
| Seats 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 | How many seats, including yours. |
| Name box | Type a new name, up to 12 letters and numbers. Your own seat says "You" when it has no name. |
| Habit button | Tap to switch to the next habit: Careful, Eager, Tricky, Nervous, Learning, Mixed. The line under it says what the habit does. |
| Skill dots | Tap to go from 1 up to 5, then back to 1. |
| Practice | On or Off. See below. |
| Deal | Starts the table. |
What each habit and skill means is on the computer players.
What is Practice?
Practice is a switch on the New table and Pass the phone pages. With Practice on, the table is just for now: "It is not saved, and your numbers stay as they are." It is handy for trying a strange table, like six Eager players, without changing your numbers.
Which hand wins, Try a hand and Your numbers
The title screen also has three pages that are not games:
- Which hand wins: all ten hands, best to worst. See poker hands, best to worst.
- Try a hand: pick up to seven cards and see the best five.
- Your numbers: your hands, wins, folds, calls, raises and all-ins.
All three are explained on settings and helpers.
See also
- How to play Texas Hold'em: the rules every mode uses.
- The computer players: habits and skill for your table.
- Advanced tips: how to win a last-stack game.
- FAQ: quick answers.
- Pick a mode and play Poker Texas Hold'em: Two Cards.
