Play Poker for Fun
Poker for fun – is there anything better? Poker is a great game, and probably the most popular card game in the world. Most people know the basics and it’s been played all around the world for over a century.
And for good reason. It’s easy to learn but hard to master, which means you can keep playing and always get better without ever finishing it. It’s social too, ideal for an evening with friends. If some of your table is still learning, point them at our guide to how to play poker and the poker hand rankings – ten minutes and they’re ready to sit down.
But the rise of casinos, especially the online kind, has changed a lot of people’s perception of poker. Nowadays poker is often associated with playing against strangers online and gambling your money away. That really isn’t the same as getting together with some friends, cracking open a couple of beers and playing poker for fun – face to face and without gambling.
Well, here’s an app that lets you and your friends create a social poker night anywhere. It’s called EasyPoker, and it’s best described as a digital version of the physical poker set you know and love. It runs a private table that only the people you invite can join. And it’s free.
Back to Playing Poker for Fun
A few years back we spent a weekend at a vacation house with friends and wanted to play some poker for fun. Nobody had brought an actual poker set, so we ended up using snapped matches as chips. Not ideal – and a long way from the James Bond poker feeling we had in mind.
Frustrated, we searched the app stores for something to run our game. But every app we found wanted us to register a credit card and play for money against random strangers from all over the world. There really was no app out there for friends who just wanted to play poker for fun and needed a digital replacement for cards and chips.
So instead of playing poker – and as the true nerds we are – we spent most of that night designing the kind of poker app we wanted. Something simple but powerful, digital but social, and most important of all: something that wasn’t gambling, but just poker for fun. That became EasyPoker, the poker app that ditches the idea of gambling and focuses on the social side of friends getting together to play.
To get a feeling for our mission, check out this video we’ve made:
A Digital Poker Set
We originally designed the EasyPoker app for those times when you and your friends are actually together and want to play some poker for fun, but don’t have a poker set on you. The idea of an app that recreates the exact feeling of physical poker became a mantra for us, and it’s the basis of every design choice we’ve made.
Texas Hold’em is the default and it’s free and unlimited, but the set has more than one game in the box: you can also deal Omaha, Short Deck (6+) and Reverse Hold’em when the table wants a change of pace.
A physical poker set doesn’t ask you to register a credit card, so neither does our app. If you insist on playing for money you can – you just have to settle it up between yourselves, outside the app. That way you know the game is fair and doesn’t favor any player in an attempt to drive more gambling.
It is in our best interest that everyone at the table has an equally good time, not just the heavy bettors. EasyPoker is also the first poker app built to be played holding your phone vertically, to mimic the feeling of holding actual, physical cards. It sounds like a small detail, but it goes a long way toward recreating the setting of playing poker for fun with a real poker set.
No Gambling
Since EasyPoker is all about poker for fun, we don’t facilitate any real-money gambling whatsoever. There is no in-game currency and nothing to buy: chips are unlimited and reset every game. The app is free to download and play, with unlimited Texas Hold’em. For tables with 4 or more players, the host needs EasyPoker Plus.
If you like it, which we hope you do, EasyPoker Plus is an optional subscription that opens the table up to 12 players, unlocks unlimited Omaha, Short Deck (6+) and Reverse Hold’em, adds custom table settings like blinds and stacks, removes the ads and gives you deeper Poker Passport stats. Only the host needs Plus – everyone else at the table plays for free. The full breakdown lives on our features page.
Great for Long-Distance Poker
When COVID-19 hit and the entire world was in lockdown, a lot of players reached out to explain how they used EasyPoker alongside Zoom to keep their weekly poker night alive. That gave us ideas for features that would make EasyPoker better when everyone is playing from a different living room.
So we built in a voice chat that lets you and your friends talk while you play, right inside the app – no second call to juggle.
We also made it easy for the host to share the 4-digit game PIN using iMessage, email, Messenger or whatever else your group uses. Friends tap “Find Game”, punch in the PIN and they’re seated. It works the same way whether they’re across the table or across the country, which is why EasyPoker doubles as a multiplayer poker app for remote nights.
These are just some of the neat details that make EasyPoker what it is – and a good example of how we act on user feedback.
Get Started Now
You and your friends are just a few taps away from playing free poker for fun. You’ll find EasyPoker in both the App Store and Google Play, and iOS and Android players can of course sit at the same table.
This app is made by poker lovers, for poker lovers – both current and future. So we’d love to hear from you if you have feedback or suggestions; just reach out to us.
If you give the app a spin and love it as much as we do, you can really help our mission by leaving a positive review in your app store. That goes a long way toward spreading the app and getting more players to sign on, further growing the community. A community of poker lovers.
Together we’ll build the app we all deserve, and give everyone a great way to play poker for fun.
Now get out there and deal a hand.
Poker for Fun FAQ
How do you play poker for fun with friends?
Download EasyPoker, create a private table, and share the 4-digit game PIN with your friends. Everyone plays from their own phone and the app handles the cards, chips, blinds and dealing.
Is EasyPoker a gambling app?
No. EasyPoker doesn’t facilitate real-money gambling or paid in-game currency. It’s built as a digital poker set for social poker with friends; if you want to play for money you settle that up yourselves, like you would with a physical poker set.
Is EasyPoker free?
Yes, and the base app always will be. You get unlimited Texas Hold’em games, with no chips or in-game currency to buy. For games with 4 or more players, the host needs EasyPoker Plus, which supports tables of up to 12, removes ads and adds more game types and custom table settings.
Can you play poker for fun long distance?
Yes. Share the 4-digit game PIN by text, Messenger or WhatsApp and friends can join from anywhere. A built-in voice chat lets everyone talk while they play, so a remote poker night still sounds like a poker night.
Which poker games can you play for fun?
Texas Hold’em is free and unlimited. You can also play Omaha, Short Deck (6+) and Reverse Hold’em – free for your first 10 games of each, after which hosting them needs EasyPoker Plus. If a Plus host sets up the table, everyone can join for free.