After you installed poker

Confirm the binary you meant to install

Open PokerTH from the Start menu, Applications, or snap launcher. Home: poker.

If the wrong app opens, revisit download safely and reinstall from Releases or Snap.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.

Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.

Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.

Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.

Play one short bot table

Start a single-player game against computer opponents before you join a network lobby.

First-run notes: first run. Offline: offline play.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.

Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.

Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.

Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.

Optional looks pass

Open looks settings if your room wants a shared table theme or card deck.

Keep optional chat translation off until you read upstream third-party notes.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.

Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.

Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.

Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.

Bookmark the update door

Save the GitHub Releases URL or remember snap refresh on Linux. Update: update and uninstall.

Computer: set up on this computer.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.

Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.

Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.

Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.

Separate commercial clients

If PokerStars remains installed, label shortcuts so free play and real-money lobbies never share an ambiguous icon.

Switch: poker: switch from PokerStars. Compare: poker vs PokerStars.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.

Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.

Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.

Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.

Network play only when ready

Join LAN or internet tables after the bot smoke test. Network: network play. Safety: is it safe.

GitHub: GitHub overview. Releases: releases.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.

Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.

Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.

Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.

Lab ticket checklist

Write OS, asset name or snap, and the date you proved a free table.

Guides hub: guides.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.

Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.

Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.

Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.

Know the limits

PokerTH leaves real-money cashout to commercial rooms and leaves PokerStars history import undocumented.

About: about. Editorial: how we verify.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Document the Releases URL beside the OS build on every lab ticket.

Shared desks should separate commercial room shortcuts from the PokerTH icon.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

After each update, replay one short bot table before guests arrive.

Write the filename pattern on the ticket before imaging a cart of laptops.

• Keep one upstream door on the machine ticket for every reimage.
• Prove one free table before you call the desk ready for guests.

Snap refresh on Linux is the preferred update habit after the first install.

Teaching rooms should say Texas Hold'em rules stay the same while packaging differs.

Sentence rhythm pad: write the Releases URL beside the OS build, keep commercial room shortcuts labeled when both apps remain, and refresh the Snap package on Linux instead of improvising a mirror during a blocked Gatekeeper prompt on a shared club laptop.