Card Riot: Poker

Turn a room full of phones into a televised poker tournament. The host runs the show from a control console, the action plays out on a big-screen broadcast HUD, and every player joins from their own phone by scanning a QR code — no app, no accounts, no fuss.

Built for live events, Card Riot scales from a single heads-up table to dozens of tables that automatically divide, balance, and consolidate down to one final table and a single champion. A server-authoritative engine handles every shuffle, blind, side pot, and showdown, while a UK-English voice announcer and cinematic HUD narrate and render the whole thing like a TV production. Run it with friends, fill empty seats with real-strategy bots, or stage a packed multi-room event across several screens at once.

For entertainment purposes only — Card Riot simulates card play for fun and is not a gambling product.

Features

Gameplay

• Two variants: 5-Card Draw and Texas Hold'em, switchable per tournament
• Server-authoritative dealing, shuffling, hand evaluation, side pots, and payouts
• Fully rules-compliant: hand rankings, blind structure, minimum raises, odd-chip distribution, and heads-up blinds
• Computer opponents with genuine strategy and a natural 1–5 second "think" delay
• Host-tunable timing for action time-outs, between-hand pauses, street delays, and showdowns

Multi-table tournament

• Auto-divide players across tables (2–8 seats), with smart seating for late arrivals
• Automatic rebalancing and consolidation as players bust, narrowing to a final table and a winner
• Player Controlled or Host Controlled run modes — manage tables automatically or direct everything by hand
• Timed blind schedule with multiple levels, gameplay-time advancement, and a live countdown on console and HUD
• Lifecycle controls: Pause/Resume, Restart, New Tournament, Stop, and cancel-arm
• Custom table naming and renaming that surfaces on every screen and in voice announcements
• Auto-forfeit for unresponsive players after 3 hands

Host console

• Dark felt-and-gold control room, fully responsive for tablet and phone
• Live status badge, at-a-glance stats, and a join card with QR code and access code
• Table board showing seats, chips, pots, phase, and per-seat kick/rename controls
• Collapsible settings for variant, run mode, stacks, blinds, bots, timing, and ads
• Retained past results and a voice-announcer toggle

Broadcast HUD

• Cinematic, TV-style display on a photo-realistic top-down table background
• 8 tuned seat positions with name plates, fanned hole cards, dealer button, and turn timers
• Floating bet chips, community cards, and full showdown reveals
• Channel bar to pin a specific table or follow the action on Auto — run multiple HUD windows at once
• Sound effects for chips, deals, all-ins, busts, and wins, plus winner, final-table, and champion moments
• Full-screen ad breaks between hands

Voice announcer

• UK-English narration of hand winners, final tables, and the champion crowning
• Smart table-reshuffle commentary that respects whichever table is pinned

Player controller

• Phone-first table experience with draggable, reorderable cards and tap-to-discard
• Touch betting with check/call/raise/fold and a quick-chip raise slider
• Opponent pods, win overlays, private action log, and live leaderboard
• Reconnect-safe mid-hand, with a clean "paused by the host" overlay

Reliability

• Full persistence of roster, chips, standings, results, and blind level — evict and rehydrate without losing the tournament
• Hardened tick-driven timing, null-safe resume, and seamless mid-hand host actions