How to play
Choose a stake of 5, 10, 25 or 50 MT and press Deal. Five cards land face up. Tap any card you want to keep and it is marked HELD; tap it again to let it go. When you are ready, press Draw and every card you did not hold is replaced from the same deck.
The final five cards are checked against the pay board above the table, and the matching row lights up in gold. Hold nothing and all five are replaced; hold all five and the hand stands as dealt. A fresh 52-card deck is shuffled for every single hand.
Reading the pay board
Deckchair Poker deals Four Aces Poker, the 8/5 version of Jacks or Better that saves its treats for four of a kind. The board lists eleven hands, each with a multiple of your stake. A pair of jacks, queens, kings or aces gives your stake back, two pair pays twice, three of a kind three times, a straight four times, a flush five and a full house eight.
Then come the fours, split three ways. Four 5s through to four kings pay 25, four 2s, 3s or 4s pay 40, and four aces pay 80. A straight flush is worth 50 and a royal flush 250 times the stake. Pairs of tens and below do not pay, the same as in Jacks or Better.
Rounds and tokens
Your stake leaves your balance on the deal, not the draw, so changing your mind about holds costs nothing extra. Whatever the final hand pays is added straight away. The cards are shuffled at random for every hand, and no hand knows anything about the one before it. Refill gets you back to 5,000 MT at any time, free.
Playing it light
Poker invites thinking, and thinking can make an hour disappear. Our reality-check reminder works on this table like every other, and you can set it on the responsible play page. Marigold Tokens have no cash value and cannot be exchanged.
Why deckchairs
There is a particular red, cream and teal canvas that every British seaside town seems to have bought in bulk. We printed it on the backs of our cards, put a marigold in the middle and named the table after the chairs that line the pier on a warm afternoon. Sit down, deal a hand, and get up whenever you please.
Questions about Deckchair Poker
Do I pay again when I draw?
No. The stake is taken once, when you press Deal. The draw is part of the same hand.
Why did my pair of tens not pay?
The lowest paying hand is a pair of jacks. Pairs from twos to tens are part of the game but do not pay on their own.
Is the deck like a real deck?
Yes: 52 cards, no jokers, shuffled fresh for every hand.