Step into 3D online poker in Pixel Crowd, where your avatar takes a seat alongside other players in a shared virtual room. Cards and chip stacks sit on the felt, live game commentary follows the action, and personalized spoken names and titles give your place at the table its own identity.
This multiplayer Texas Hold'em experience brings together the atmosphere of a 3D social world and the decisions of a poker hand. Settle into your seat, find your favorite camera angle, and decide when to check, raise, or go all-in. This guide walks you through joining a table and making the experience your own.
Take your place in a shared 3D lounge, surrounded by other players and the atmosphere of the room.
An immersive poker table in a 3D social world
The room is part of the experience. The lounge pictured here surrounds the table with warm lighting, richly colored walls, framed artwork, and seats occupied by expressive avatars. Look across the felt at the other players, move your view around the table, and follow the cards and chips as the hand unfolds.
Choose Table view to focus on the game or Player view to enjoy the scene from your character's perspective. In Table view, right-drag to rotate, middle-drag to pan, and scroll to zoom. You can explore the angle without giving up your seat, then use Reset view to return to the default table view.
Live commentary with personalized names and titles
Spoken game commentary accompanies the poker action, including turns, bets, shared cards, and results. Open Options and choose Basic or Elaborate commentary to suit the atmosphere you want, or None for a quieter table.
Make the introductions personal with Spoken name and Address me as. Use your avatar name, enter a preferred spoken name, and choose a title such as Lady, Miss, Mrs, Mr, or Sir, or enter a Custom title. For example, you could choose the spoken name Alex and the title Sir. The address preview shows your choice before you save.
Press Save and play to apply your preferences. You can also choose your own win and loss reactions, adding another touch of personality to your poker sessions.
Before you start
Join a room with your avatar, wait for your character to finish loading, and walk close to a poker table. You need enough coins in your wallet for the buy-in shown at that table. At least two ready players are needed to start a hand.
The buy-in is the amount you bring from your wallet to play with. The blinds are the automatic opening bets. Check the displayed amounts before joining.
How to join a 3D poker table
- Click the table when Click to join appears. If you see Move closer to join, walk closer first.
- Check the buy-in, blinds, and available seats.
- Choose an open seat, then click Join seat to confirm the displayed chip amount.
- If your personal options open, choose your preferences and press Save and play, or select Use defaults.
- Wait for the next hand, then watch the turn indicator and countdown for your turn.
Choose Keep watching if you do not want to join. You can also close the join window without buying in.
What you see when you take a seat
Your avatar takes the selected seat. Your area shows your chips and, when you are dealt into a hand, your two private cards and playing controls. Joining during an ongoing hand seats you for the next hand.
The middle of the table shows the shared cards, pot, and hand progress. Each seat shows its player's chips and status, such as Folded, All-in, or Sitting out. After a hand, the result shows who won and the chips awarded. Your seat stays reserved between hands, so you do not need to join again after every result.
Cards, chips, and player information are displayed on the table.
How to play Texas Hold'em in Pixel Crowd
You receive two private cards. Up to five shared cards appear in the middle of the table: three on the flop, one on the turn, and one on the river, with betting between each stage.
Make your best five-card hand using any combination of your cards and the shared cards. If everyone else folds, you win the pot. If several players remain after the final betting round, their hands are compared. Tied winning hands share the pot.
From strongest to weakest, the hand rankings are: straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three of a kind, two pair, one pair, high card. You can also find the rankings in Options > Help.
Choosing an action
Watch the turn indicator and countdown. When it is your turn, use the available buttons:
| Button | What it does |
|---|---|
| Check | Stay in the hand without paying when no bet is owed. |
| Call | Pay the amount shown to match the bet, up to your remaining chips. |
| Bet / Raise | Put chips into the pot or increase the current bet. |
| Fold | Give up this hand. Chips you already bet stay in the pot. |
| All-in | Commit all your remaining chips after confirming. |
If the timer runs out, you automatically check when checking is free; otherwise, you fold. Going all-in keeps you in the hand until the result, provided you stay at the table.
Setting a bet or raise
Click Bet... or Raise... to open the betting controls.
- Drag the slider or use minus / plus to adjust the amount.
- Use Min, half pot, or Pot for a quick amount.
- Check Add to see how many extra chips you will spend.
- Press Bet or Raise to submit, or Cancel to close.
Raise to means your total bet for the current betting round. For example, if you already put in 20 chips and choose Raise to 100, you add another 80.
Automatic actions while you wait
While waiting for your turn, you can select:
- Check or fold: On your next turn, check if it is free; otherwise, fold. This never calls a bet.
- Auto-check this hand: Keep checking for free throughout the current hand. It switches off when a bet is owed or you act manually.
Click the selected option again to turn it off.
Table options
Open Options to adjust your experience.
| Option | What you can do |
|---|---|
| Default camera | Choose Table or Player view while staying seated. |
| Reset view | Return to the default table view. |
| Commentary | Choose None, Basic, or Elaborate. |
| Spoken name | Choose the name used to address you. Leave it blank to use your avatar name. |
| Address me as | Choose no title, a listed title, or a custom title. |
| My win / loss reactions | Choose separate reactions for a net win and a net loss. Select None to clear either one. |
| History | Read recent actions and results, newest first. |
| Help | Open the in-game rules and hand rankings. |
Press Save and play to apply your camera, commentary, and spoken-name choices. Your camera and name preferences are remembered for your avatar on this device.
Reactions play once after a net win or loss. Dance reactions only play when your avatar is standing free.
With the Table camera active, right-drag to rotate, middle-drag to pan, and use the mouse wheel to zoom. Use Reset view if you want to return to the default angle.
Taking a break, buying in again, or leaving
- Sit out next: Stay seated but skip future hands. If you are already playing a hand, finish it first.
- I'm ready: Return to play after sitting out.
- Buy in: When you run out of chips, confirm another buy-in from your wallet to keep playing in the same seat. The confirmation says Buy in again.
- Leave table: Confirm to leave and cash out your remaining unbet chips to your wallet.
Leaving during a hand folds your cards, even if you are all-in. Chips already committed stay in the pot. Wait for the result if you want your hand to remain in play.