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Game night, one link away

Start a private table, send the link, and play poker-style dice with your friends from anywhere.

Set it up in a minute

  1. Open playclosestcall.com and pick a handle.
  2. In the lobby, choose Start a private table.
  3. Tap Invite friends and send the link by text, group chat or email.
  4. Each friend opens the link, picks their own handle, and takes a seat.

Nobody has to download anything, and nobody is asked for an email address or phone number.

Why it works for a group

  • 2 to 9 players. A table seats nine. Open seats are filled by house bots, so you can start as soon as two of you are there, and friends can join as they arrive.
  • Anyone can learn it in one hand. Pick a secret number, watch the dice, and bet. Closest to the total without going over wins the showdown, and a good bluff can win without one. Nobody needs to know poker hand rankings. The rules take two minutes to read.
  • Works on whatever people have. Phones, tablets and computers all work in the browser.
  • Hands are quick. Every decision has a 20-second timer, so the game keeps moving and nobody waits long.
  • Easy to drop in and out. Leave after any hand and your chips go back to your bank. Come back with the same link.
  • Free for everyone. There is nothing to buy and chips have no cash value, so there is no awkwardness about money.

Ideas for the night

  • Put it on a video call. The game has no chat of its own, so run it alongside a call or group chat. The table talk is half the fun.
  • Play to a finish. Everyone buys in for the same amount, and the last player with chips, or the biggest stack at a set time, wins the night.
  • Run a season. The leaderboards reset every six weeks. See who in your group finishes highest.
  • Enter a tournament together. The Daily Championship starts at 8 PM Eastern, Monday to Saturday. Register as a group and see who lasts longest.
  • Share the big hands. Any hand can be shared as a link with the dice and the result.

Good to know

  • A private table is open to anyone who has the link, so share it only with the people you want there.
  • Each player brings 200 to 2,000 chips from their own bank. Everyone starts a season with 10,000 and can claim free chips every day.
  • When a friend joins with your invite link and plays 10 hands, you each get 2,000 bonus chips.
  • Closest Call is for adults aged 18 and over.

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