Guides, strategy and news from the PokerSweepStars team.
How the 7-2 game works: win a pot with seven-deuce, show it, and every player pays you a bounty. Rules, the standard 5 big blind bounty, how it changes strategy, and where to sit at a 7-2 table online.
A free push/fold chart for short-stack poker: exactly which hands to move all-in with from the cutoff, button and small blind at 10, 15 and 20 big blinds, why min-raising short is a leak, and how antes change it.
Stop running your poker crew through three group texts. PokerSweepStars groups have a picture, a chat with @mentions, an Invite people button, owner-approved private groups, moderators, and scheduled games that ping exactly who you invite.
Free preflop poker charts you can read on a phone: opening ranges for every seat at 6-max and 9-max, what the colors mean, how much to play from each position, and how to use them at the table without memorizing anything.
Free preflop charts for the spots after someone else raises: in position against an early raise, in position against a late raise, and defending the big blind against the button. Which hands re-raise, which call, and why.
Looking for a poker training app that does not assume you are 25 with perfect eyesight? PokerSweepStars training was rebuilt for phones and for people new to poker: one Play now button, six big tiles, charts with tap-to-explain hands, and a coach that speaks plain English.
All-in or fold is Texas Hold’em with one decision per hand: shove or fold. How the format works, the fixed 8 big blind stack, which hands to jam from each seat, when to call a shove, and where to find AoF tables online.
A step-by-step guide to hosting a poker night where everyone can see and hear each other, in one app: private table, invite code, faces on the felt, results sheet at the end. Free, no rake, no second app.
Looking for a poker app with voice chat that actually works on a phone? PokerSweepStars has one-tap voice at every table on iPhone and Android, 45 free minutes a week, per-player mute, and block and report built in.
Video and voice at a public poker table only work if the room is safe. How PokerSweepStars handles it: one-tap block and report on every player, screenshots attached to reports, a racial-slur filter, and a mute ladder. Trash talk stays.
Most poker apps give you avatars and a chat box. PokerSweepStars puts live video and voice at every table, free for 45 minutes a week, on iPhone, Android and the web. Here is why that changes the game, and how it compares.
Every PokerSweepStars player gets 45 free minutes of voice and video chat each week. How the minutes are counted, when they reset, what the countdown and warnings mean, and what the two paid options are when you run out.
The hardest hand in poker is getting six adults to show up at the same time. How to schedule a recurring poker night online with automatic push reminders, registration, and a one-tap seat when the game goes live.
Stop tracking poker night in a group-chat spreadsheet. How an automatic poker ledger works, why manual apps fall short, and the home game platform that writes the results sheet for you.
Playing alone is why most people quit online poker. How poker groups work on PokerSweepStars: join a public crew or build a private one, rally everyone to a table with one tap, and schedule games the app reminds people about.
Your poker night, without the folding table: host a private, rake-free online home game in two taps. Invite codes, host-managed chips, automatic results sheets, and video chat - free for everyone.
PokerNow, Pokerrrr 2, ClubGG, PokerStars Home Games and PokerSweepStars compared for private games with friends: cost, apps, video chat, ledgers, and which one actually feels like poker night.
One-outers, runner-runner quads, three cooler nights in a row - is the app rigged or is it variance? What an RNG certificate really proves, why complaints cluster on offshore rooms, and how to verify a poker site yourself.
Rules, hand rankings, positions, and the five beginner mistakes that cost the most chips - everything you need to sit down at your first Texas Hold'em table with confidence.
PlayCoins, PSS Coins, no purchase necessary - a plain-English explanation of the sweepstakes model that makes free-to-play poker with real prizes legal in most US states.
CoinPoker and crypto poker rooms accept US players - but under what law? What happens if a payout stalls? A straight answer on offshore crypto poker, and the sweepstakes alternative that works in 36 states.
We compared PokerSweepStars, Global Poker, ClubWPT Gold, Clubs Poker and WSOP on legality, mobile apps, features and prizes. Here is which real-money poker apps Americans can actually play in 2026.