Scoring. Score = a fixed bonus for the hand type (Pair +100, Two pair +200, Three of a kind +300, Straight +400, Full house +500, Flush +600, Four of a kind +700, Straight flush +800, Five of a kind +900) plus the sum of the fighting power of the beasts in the combination. Hands are ranked by how rare they are in this deck. A better hand type always beats a worse one, whatever the power; the score (bonus plus power) decides between hands of the same type. Pairs, trips, quads and fives form by order number or by beast; each card belongs to one group only, so a pair by number plus a pair by beast is Two pair.

Tournament. Everyone starts with 1500 chips and the blinds go up every 5 hands. A player with no chips is out (no rebuys), and the last one standing is the champion. Play it against CPU or with friends online from the Tournament screen. Solo fields of 12 or 24 players are played in rounds of tables of 6: each round lasts 10 minutes or until 3 players are left at a table, and the 3 left (or with the most chips) advance. 24 players play 4 tables, then 2 tables, then a final table; 12 players play 2 tables, then the final. The final lasts 10 minutes and is won by whoever has the most chips. Blood tournament (solo for now) adds 100 HP: lose a showdown and you lose HP from the score gap and your bets; at 0 HP or 0 chips you are out, and whoever beats you takes your chips. No rebuys.

Omaha. You get 4 cards and must use exactly 2 of them plus exactly 3 from the table. Everything else (blinds, betting rounds, scoring) works like Texas Hold'em.

Betting. Blinds start at 10 / 20 (in tournaments they go up) and the dealer button moves every hand. Raise to any amount (minimum: the size of the last raise). All-in is allowed, with side pots. 30 seconds per turn. In cash games a player with no chips leaves the table and a new player joins; in tournaments that player is out.

Tower vs boss. Climb 10 floors, each a heads-up match against a boss. You and the boss have HP and chips. Chips are for betting: each floor starts with 20 big blinds each, and they carry over from hand to hand within the floor. At showdown the loser also takes damage equal to the score gap between both hands ÷ 10, plus 1 HP for each big blind they put in the pot (folding costs the chips you already put in, plus a small 3 HP penalty for whoever folds). With no chips you cannot play: pay 10 HP to refill your stack. You may also do it when you are low on chips, and the boss does the same. If you cannot pay, you lose; if the boss cannot pay, the floor is cleared. Bosses play a style, have more HP each floor and add a score bonus that grows every floor (up to +18%). Take the boss to 0 HP to clear the floor and recover 60 HP; at 0 HP your run ends. Your best floor is saved. After each cleared floor you pick 1 of 3 relics (score bonus, more max HP, weaker bosses, seeing a boss card, less damage taken).

Keyboard. F fold, C check/call, R raise to the slider amount, A all-in, N next hand, Esc closes the tutorial.

Abilities. Cards 11 and 12 are unique beasts with 2 abilities each: Royal Link (11s pair with other 11s and with the 12 of their suit, 12s with other 12s and the 11 of their suit) plus one of their own. Their power counts only when they are part of your combination. Cards 6 to 10 have Run: three consecutive cards of one suit (6-7-8, 7-8-9 or 8-9-10) make a Three of a kind. Some 12s are jokers for Straights, Flushes or Five of a kind.

Opponent styles (tap a CPU seat to read about it):