👑 Royal Joker

Royal Joker is a skill-based card game inspired by classic Video Poker mechanics. The core objective is to build the strongest possible hand across 5 rounds by choosing which cards to keep and which to replace.
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Unlike traditional poker, there is no opponent to bluff. Your skill lies in reading your hand, managing your chip balance, and knowing when to take risks.

Both the deal and the draw are determined by a shared, pre-shuffled deck, so every decision is a test of judgment, not luck.

Accumulate as many chips as possible across 5 rounds. Each round, you place a bet, receive 5 cards, choose which to keep, and draw replacements. If your final hand matches a winning combination in the scoring table, you receive a payout multiplied by your bet. The player with the most chips at the end of 5 rounds wins the match.

Royal Joker uses a custom 38-card deck:

• 36 standard cards: Ace, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King in all 4 suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs).
• 2 Wild Jokers: each can substitute for any card in the deck to form the best possible hand.
There are no 2s, 3s, 4s, or 5s in the deck. The Ace is high only - it cannot be used as a low card to complete a straight.

Each of the 5 rounds follows the same sequence.
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1. Place your bet
Tap the chip buttons to build your bet. Available chip values: 10, 50, 100, 500, 1K. You can also tap All In to bet your entire balance, or Clear to reset. The minimum bet is 10 chips. The maximum is your full available balance. Bets must be placed in multiples of 10.
​2. Deal
Press Deal to receive 5 cards from the shuffled deck. Your bet is deducted from your balance at this point.

3. Hold your cards
Tap any card to mark it as HELD. Held cards stay in your hand. All unmarked cards will be replaced in the next step. You can hold any number of cards, from none to all five.

4. Deal (draw)
Press Deal again to replace all unmarked cards with new ones drawn from the deck.

5. Result
Your final 5-card hand is evaluated against the scoring table. If it matches a winning combination, the payout is added to your balance. If not, the bet is lost.

The Double button appears only when you have enough chips to cover the doubled bet. There is one chance to double your chips per match.
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When you press Double, your bet is doubled and the draw proceeds as normal. All unmarked cards are replaced.

• If your final hand in the round contains any winning combination, you receive the full payout based on the doubled bet, otherwise the doubled bet is lost.

Royal Joker introduces a strategic information layer between rounds.

After each round, exactly 10 cards are removed from the deck and placed in the Cards Locked section:

• Face-up (visible): cards you saw during the round - your initial 5-card hand and any cards you discarded. You know these will not appear next round.
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• Face-down (hidden): the remaining cards needed to reach 10 are drawn from the deck but kept hidden. Removed from play, but unknown to you.
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At the start of the next round, the remaining 28 cards are reshuffled into a fresh deck. The locked cards from the previous round are released back into the pool, while the new round's 10 cards take their place.
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A skilled player can track which high-value cards and Jokers have already been seen, and adjust their strategy accordingly.

The 2 Wild Jokers are the most powerful cards in the deck. Each Joker can substitute for any card that exists in the deck - Ace or 6 through King - to form the highest possible paying hand.

​• Joker always takes the role that produces the best payable hand from the scoring table.
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• Wild Royal Flush: pays the same as a Natural Royal Flush - 250x. There is no separate wild tier.
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• Five of a kind is capped: if 2 Jokers create 5 cards of the same rank, the hand is capped at Four of a Kind (25x).
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• Single Joker with no matching cards and no straight or flush potential forms a low pair (0x). A Joker alone does not guarantee a payout.

Multipliers are for 1: your bet is already taken, so the multiplier shown is your total return. A result of 1x means you get your bet back and break even. A result of 0x means the bet is lost.

Important: in Royal Joker the deck is custom, there are no cards below 6, so pairs appear more frequently than in standard poker. However, only pairs of Jacks or higher pay out. A pair of 6s, 7s, 8s, 9s, or 10s returns nothing. Keep this in mind when deciding whether to hold a low pair or break it up in search of a stronger hand.

• Starting balance: 1,000 chips.
• Minimum bet per round: 10 chips.
• Maximum bet per round: your full available balance.
• Bet increments: multiples of 10 only.
• Balance at zero: you cannot place further bets.
• Doubles per match: 1, only shown when you have enough chips to cover the doubled amount.

Each session lasts 3 minutes or 5 rounds, whichever comes first. If the timer reaches zero mid-round, the current round is concluded and your final balance is recorded.

You may press End at any time to stop playing and submit your current chip balance as your final score. This can be a valid tactical decision if you are in a strong position and want to protect your lead.

Royal Joker is a skill-based game. The deck is pre-determined before the session begins, and every decision - which cards to hold, whether to double, how much to bet - is made by the player. No 2 sessions are identical, but within a session the card sequence is fixed, meaning your results are a direct reflection of the choices you make.

Track the locked cards: The face-up cards in the Cards Locked section are confirmed to be absent from the current deck. This tells you which hands are less likely: if both Jokers are locked, don't count on wild-assisted straights or flushes. If several high cards of 1 suit have already appeared, a flush in that suit becomes harder to complete. Use this information to adjust your bet size and decide which cards are worth holding.
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Hold high-value cards: A pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings, or Aces is a guaranteed payout. Don't discard it chasing a flush unless you are 1 card away and that suit's cards are still largely unseen in the Cards Locked section, or unless an unlocked Joker gives you a realistic shot at completing it.
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Jokers are not guaranteed wins: A lone Joker with no matching cards and no suited or ranked support pays nothing. Build around it, don't rely on it alone.

Use Double carefully: Use wisely when you have a winning combination. Any result after the second draw is an improvement, so the risk is purely about chip management. If your balance is strong, doubling on a near-complete hand like 4 cards to a flush can be a high-value move.