How to play
You receive 9 cards and build a 3×3 grid. The first card is placed automatically to start the puzzle.
For each of the next cards you have 20 seconds to choose an empty position. Once placed, a card cannot be moved. If you do not make a decision in time, the card is placed randomly into one of the available spaces. The last card is placed automatically into the final empty space.
Your completed grid creates 8 poker hands: 3 rows, 3 columns and 2 diagonals.
You have 5 games each day. Your score from all 5 games is added together to create your daily leaderboard total.
Every game matters — build the strongest combination of hands you can, maximise your total across all five games and try to top the leaderboard.
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Names are unique for each New York leaderboard day.
9 Card Skill Poker
Private demo for NYT Games
Balance€500
Deck52
Card0/9
Time7
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Total Bets: EUR 0
Balance: EUR 500
Tap card to select, tap empty slot to place
Scoring (8 lines)
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How to Play
Place 9 cards into the 3×3 grid to form the best poker hands across rows, columns and diagonals.
Timer: 7 seconds per card (change in Settings)
Time out → auto-placed randomly
Scoring: 3 rows + 3 columns + 2 diagonals
Points: Pair 50, Flush 150, Straight 200, Straight Flush 400, 3 of a Kind 500, Royal Flush 750