Board Game Arena

This has already been mentioned, and I also don’t think this is the right site to promote gambling games.
Sorry but in my opinion this is a bad decision.

Sorry, but this can't be played on my Firefox on Android. The graphics go all white so I can't see

Don't push this. It's not why we come to this site. Focus on the hobby games, not gambling.

jvarty wrote: ↑05 January 2026, 22:04 It's not why we come to this site. Focus on the hobby games, not gambling.

you are not everyone

Here's a particularly egregious bug: The pot is awarded to the wrong player!

See https://boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=784232952 at moves #93 to #106. The board is K♠ 2♠ 9♥ 4♠ A♠ and one player has 3♠ 5♠, the nuts. But the pot is awarded to a player with 7♠ 3♥.

In poker, a straight flush is supposed to beat a non-straight flush!

Bug was reported in May 2024 and had not been fixed as of a few days ago: https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=125721

Mathew5000 wrote: ↑07 January 2026, 11:05 Here's a particularly egregious bug: The pot is awarded to the wrong player!

See https://boardgamearena.com/gamereview?table=784232952 at moves #93 to #106. The board is K♠ 2♠ 9♥ 4♠ A♠ and one player has 3♠ 5♠, the nuts. But the pot is awarded to a player with 7♠ 3♥.

In poker, a straight flush is supposed to beat a non-straight flush!

Bug was reported in May 2024 and had not been fixed as of a few days ago: https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=125721

If it is possible for the pot to be awarded to the wrong player in any circumstance no matter how rare, this needs to go back to alpha.

Game text uses "he/she" instead of the singular "they" like most other BGG games. Maybe a translation thing. Should be changed for the sake of grammar/conformity.

Regarding the image BGA is using to illustrate Texas Hold'em, which I've seen on BGA's home page as well as the first post of this thread and https://boardgamearena.com/news?id=1021 — the game being played in the photograph is not Texas Hold'em. You wouldn't have a box marked "ANTE" printed on the felt of a Hold'em table. The dealer is shown with both hands extended, fingertips touching the face-up cards on the table, but in Hold'em, the dealer always holds the deck in one hand. The uncropped photo can be found here: https://www.pexels.com/photo/casino-dea ... s-7594309/ — the felt is designed for a casino house game similar to Caribbean Stud Poker, not Texas Hold'em.

Mathew5000 wrote: ↑08 January 2026, 20:17 Regarding the image BGA is using to illustrate Texas Hold'em, which I've seen on BGA's home page as well as the first post of this thread and https://boardgamearena.com/news?id=1021 — the game being played in the photograph is not Texas Hold'em. You wouldn't have a box marked "ANTE" printed on the felt of a Hold'em table. The dealer is shown with both hands extended, fingertips touching the face-up cards on the table, but in Hold'em, the dealer always holds the deck in one hand. The uncropped photo can be found here: https://www.pexels.com/photo/casino-dea ... s-7594309/ — the felt is designed for a casino house game similar to Caribbean Stud Poker, not Texas Hold'em.

Just add this to the pile of many other reasons this is not ready for prime time.

Is there any example of a game that was blatantly broken (a straight flush losing to anything other than another straight flush is flat out BROKEN), where the dev was MIA and BGA pulled the game? If so, how did they (I'm assuming players pushed for it) make that happen? Or is this an example of something remaining on the shelf forever once it's put on the shelf?

BalGAmor wrote: ↑02 January 2026, 14:01.

can you comment on whether this is being looked at. Putting all the nanny state stuff aside, the game itself is broken.

Disappointed to see Texas Hold'em added to the BGA lineup.
There are so many other places to play poker, its a "no thanks" for me.