9:40 p.m. Lamplight · full dark
Cabin Draw Poker
Jacks or Better, dealt at a pine table by the light of one lamp. You get five cards, keep the ones that matter and draw once to replace the rest. A pair of jacks or better pays, and the full paytable stays in view the whole time.
How to play
Deal, hold, draw
Set your stake. Choose 5, 10, 25 or 50 Dusk Coins per hand. The stake is fixed once the cards are out.
Deal. Confirm you are 19 or older the first time. Five cards land face up, and if they already make a paying hand, the message tells you so.
Hold. Tap any card you want to keep and it shows HELD. Tap it again to change your mind. You can hold all five, or none.
Draw. Every card you didn't hold is replaced from the same deck. Your final hand is matched against the paytable and the winning row lights up.
Reading the paytable
Nine for a full house, six for a flush
This is the full-pay 9/6 version of Jacks or Better, named after the two rows that change between versions: a full house pays 9 times your stake and a flush pays 6 times. The stake is taken when you deal and the paytable shows what comes back, so a pair of jacks, queens, kings or aces simply returns your stake, and two pair doubles it.
A pair of tens or lower pays nothing. A straight is five cards in sequence, and the ace can sit at either end. A royal flush is ten, jack, queen, king and ace of one suit, the rarest hand in the deck.
| Hand | Pays |
|---|---|
| Royal flush | 250 |
| Straight flush | 50 |
| Four of a kind | 25 |
| Full house | 9 |
| Flush | 6 |
| Straight | 4 |
| Three of a kind | 3 |
| Two pair | 2 |
| Jacks or better (one pair) | 1 |
Rounds and Dusk Coins
A fresh deck every hand
Every hand is dealt from a newly shuffled 52-card deck, simulated for entertainment and independent of the hand before. Your stake is taken at the deal, and anything the final hand pays is added the moment you draw.
When the balance gets low, the refill at the top of the panel restores 5,000 Dusk Coins for free. Dusk Coins have no cash value and can't be withdrawn, sold or traded.
One more hand?
Card games invite “just one more”. If you'd like a reminder of the time, set a reality check with our responsible play tools, or close the tables for an hour, a day or a week.
The cabin is two hours up a forestry road, and the power goes off at ten.
After that there is one oil lamp, a deck of cards worn soft at the corners and whoever is still awake. Cabin Draw Poker is that table: five cards, a slow decision, one draw, and the kettle ticking on the stove.
Why don't a pair of tens pay?
That is the rule that gives Jacks or Better its name. Only a pair of jacks, queens, kings or aces is a paying pair.
Can I change my stake mid-hand?
No. The stake buttons lock after the deal and unlock once you draw, so each hand is played at one stake from start to finish.
Is the deck shuffled between hands?
Yes. Each hand starts from a full 52-card deck, freshly shuffled, so cards from earlier hands never affect the next one.